Dictionnaire insolite des Pays Baltes: Estonie, Lettonie, Lituanie | 
I am learning a lot about Baltic countries, but I am rather put off by the book's positive view of colonisation, with (what I think is) misplaced pride about the Duchy of Courland's (now part of Latvia) former colonial empire (Tobago and the area around the mouth of the Gambia river), and Kazys Pakštas's plan to create a new Lithuania in Angola, Rhodesia-style.
I am originally from Latvia, Riga, and during my school years we had in the syllabus “History of Latvia“ as a separate subject and there was such a strong (and wrong, I believe) emphasis on Latvia having colony, like you said, almost a pride to be “powerful“ enough to colonize someone else. Never liked, never understood and never believed that is something to be proud about. 2mo
I love how international Litsy is! Right now, I am on a Baltic mini reading streak, with the tagged book and a Viivi Luik novel 😁 2mo