Development stages of ethnic contact zones in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since the end of the 19th century
... contact zone growth and dissolution with a rise in the proportion of the titular ethnic group. The proposed methodology can be extended to the analysis of ethnic contact zone development in other territories as well.
Introduction
Changes in the national composition of the population are among the most pressing topics in the study of the modern development of the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). At the same time, there is interest in studying ethno-demographic processes on their territory ...