To "JoinedMyTriptoEU" who asks, "Since no statehood traditions (in Estonia before 1920) how can you say about the nation?" Simple. I said it. Estonia existed as a people and as a self-aware culture for around 4,000 years. In the 1300s, it was finally unable to resist the combined attacks of stronger nations, and succumbed to a 600-year night of slavery, from which it emerged again in 1918 through a declaration of independence. Its Russian and German foes immediately mounted a joint attack against it, but because both had already been weakened in WW1, Estonia was able to beat the armies of each, and secured its freedom.

A modern nation-state is just one expression of peoples. German, French and Russian people existed long before their modern nationhood. So did Estonian people.

The logic of your musings on monoculture and multiculture is lost on me, I'm afraid. But you can research Estonia's centuries of recorded history at any relevant historical source anywhere. The very first mention of Estonians in history was by the Roman historian Tacitus in 98AD.

Regardi ng Nazi Germany, it was no less an oppressor and enemy of Estonia than Soviet Russia, and Estonians have no love of either. Each occupied the country, savaged it hugely and sought to destroy it permanently. The only difference between the two is, that Russia came closer to succeeding.

R egarding people of Russian origin in Estonia, most arrived illegally as colonists under Soviet occupation. They never sought and never had Estonian citizenship. Those who haven't gained citizenship by naturalization still don't have it, regardless of how many of them there might be.  As I pointed out in my  post of September 15, their number isn't particularly great in any case. Others who have acquired Russian citizenship are clearly foreigners, quite appropriately have no citizenship rights in Estonia and have nothing to complain about in that regard, while more than 150,000 who have become naturalized Estonian citizens have the same full rights as all Estonian citizens of whatever ethnic origin.

I partly agree with you when you say that Russia is much greater than Europe. Geographically this is true. But by many, many objective economic, social and civic indices, Russia is also much less than Europe.

Any more questions?

The EU wants to control all countries. Putin and the Russian people are too proud of their country to let Russia be taken over by them. The EU is greedy and should not be trusted.

@Marzepan6
let me joint interesting discussion:
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Question: "When did Estonia have statehood before 1918?"

Answer : Estonia won its freedom through its victorious 1918-20 War of Independence against Soviet Russia and Germany,

Hmmm so actually there were no statehood  traditions in Estonia before 1920. Since no statehood traditions, multiculti so how can you say about nation? Monucultural nation is not nation, especially that has no common history, heroes language. Point.

A  nation without history based on what? fairy-tales fo dominating tribe about SS Estalnd heroes ?mourning and hatery towards Russia? cooooooool


Of course you recall that Estonia was one of very few areas in the Reich that were Judenfrei? and Estonians still hailing SS Estalnd herose even being part of EU. Nobody in Bxl sees it ha ha ha they are busy with foerign agent NGOs
 
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A nswer: Estonia indeed is multicultural. Ethnic Estonians make up 69% of its population, and the remaining 31% comprise people of 192 different nationalities.


Of which you forgot to add: 25% are ethnic Russians who do not have equal rights. In multicultural country everybody is on the same rights so Estonia is xenophobic.  So so


BTW No yo uare not correct Russia in not EUrope, is European country by geography but no EU colony. Russia is much Greater then EUrope and unlike EU has something to offer not civilization of death.