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    Estonian partisans, also called the Forest Brothers (Estonian: Metsavennad) were partisans who engaged in guerrilla warfare against Soviet forces in Estonia...
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    states was an insurgency waged by Baltic (Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian) partisans against the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1956. Known alternatively as...
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  • German-controlled Estonian police force. Soviet partisans often robbed wealthier peasants and provoked German reprisals. The Soviet partisans were not very...
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    independence. Estonia set up an administration, led by Jüri Uluots as soon as the Soviet regime retreated and before German troops arrived. Estonian partisans that...
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    (Poland) Guerrilla war in the Baltic states Latvian partisans Lithuanian partisans Estonian partisans Goryani (Bulgaria) Anti-communist resistance in Poland...
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    Russian Empire, a distinct Estonian national identity began to emerge in the mid-19th century. This culminated in the 1918 Estonian Declaration of Independence...
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    Lithuanian partisans (Lithuanian: Lietuvos partizanai) were partisans who waged guerrilla warfare in Lithuania against the Soviet Union in 1944–1953. Similar...
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    or most, of its members to be the Estonian people, having one Estonian homeland – Estonia, sharing the common Estonian culture, as well as ancestral myths...
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  • to Cuisine of Estonia. Karin Karner's book "Estonian Tastes And Traditions" International Wine and Food Society Estonian Branch Estonian Kitchen: 5 Local...
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  • Danorum (c. 1179). Saxo speaks of Estonian warriors who sang at night while waiting for an epic battle. The Estonian folk music tradition is broadly divided...
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     Czechoslovakia: 1st Czechoslovak Independent Brigade in the USSR Estonian partisans during and after World War II  Finland: Captured from Soviet troops...
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  • List of television channels in Estonia List of years in Estonian television "Basic Facts". Association of Estonian Broadcasters. Retrieved 6 June 2009...
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    blue sky, sea and lakes of Estonia Black: tragic past of Estonian nation, the traditionally black jacket of the Estonian peasant during past times White:...
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    established on 2 February 1920 after the Estonian War of Independence ended in Estonian victory with Russia recognizing Estonia's sovereignty and renounced any and...
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    1991 and beyond. The first Estonian war film was produced in 1927. Most of the 2000s films have been taken from this site Estonian Films. Estonian Film...
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    division was formed in Estonia around a cadre comprising the 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade, and was initially known as the 20th Estonian SS Volunteer Division...
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    PPSh-41 was gradually replaced by the AK-47 beginning in 1960. EstoniaEstonian partisans used captured SMGs against the Soviets in 1941.  Finland − At...
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    Kalevipoeg, the Estonian national epic. The first periodical publication in Estonian was Lühhike öppetus (1766–1767). The first Estonian-language newspaper...
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    Type 54s.  Cuba: Polish PPS wz. 1943/1952 used by militia.  Estonia: Used by Estonian partisans after World War II  Finland: Captured from the Soviets, and...
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    Gustav Arro (17 July 1915 – 2 June 1974) was an Estonian partisan during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. He was part of the Forest Brothers (Metsavennad)...
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  • Sport plays an important role in Estonian culture. Estonia first competed as a nation at the 1920 Summer Olympics, although the National Olympic Committee...
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    victory Insurgency in the Baltic States 1944 1953  Estonian partisans Latvian partisans Lithuanian partisans Soviet Union Northeastern Europe Eastern Bloc...
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  • There, Soviet partisans often had the support of civilians and the unity of partisans and the local population had a positive effect on partisan activities...
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    Latvian national partisans (Latvian: Nacionālie partizāni) were Latvian pro-independence partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against Soviet rule during...
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  • Military of Lithuania List of wars involving Belarus List of wars involving Estonia List of wars involving Kievan Rus' List of wars involving Latvia List of...
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    The Yugoslav Partisans, or the National Liberation Army, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, was the communist-led...
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    "good old Swedish times" (Estonian: vana hea Rootsi aeg). However, it remains unclear whether the contemporaneous Estonian-speaking population generally...
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  • information. The Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting, ERR), which emerged from the merger of Estonian Radio and Television in 2007, operates...
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  • German but plays in Estonian and Russian were also performed. After serfdom was abolished in Estonia in 1816, the first native Estonian musical society,...
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  • Belarusian partisans. Seven partisans came to the village asking for food, as well as assistance in setting up a local base for the partisan forces. In...
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