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    Estonians or Estonian people (Estonian: eestlased) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who speak the Estonian language. Their nation state is Estonia. The...
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    with seaborne raids by Curonians and by Estonians from the island of Saaremaa, known as Oeselians. In 1187 Estonians (Oeselians), Curonians or/and Karelians...
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    The Ludza Estonians (in the Ludza dialect: Lutsi maarahvas – ‘Lutsi Estonians’, in Latvian: Ludzas igauņi) are a group of ethnic Estonians living in and...
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  • region in northern Europe Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent Estonian language Estonian cuisine Estonian culture All pages with titles...
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    Estonians the most non-religious people in the then 27-member European Union. A survey conducted in 2006–2008 by Gallup showed that 14% of Estonians answered...
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    Gauja Estonians (Estonian: Koiva maarahvas, Leivu maarahvas or leivud; Latvian: Vidzemes igauņi – 'Vidzeme Estonians' or leivi) were Estonians who lived...
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    Estonians, 37 of whom were sentenced to death and 18 who were sent to prison. Because of the Georgian-Abkhazian war, many Estonians fled to Estonia;...
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    Non-suitable Estonians were to be moved to a region that Rosenberg called "Peipusland" to make room for German colonists. The removal of 50% of Estonians was in...
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    1970s, the pressure of bilingualism for Estonians was intensified. Although teaching Estonian to non-Estonians in local schools was formally compulsory...
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    – Finns proper, Tavastians, Karelians, Northern Estonians, Southern Estonians, and Western Estonians including the islanders—had emerged, the population...
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    the moral world view of the Estonians, particularly the process of distinguishing themselves from the Russians. "Estonians least religious in the world"...
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  • Estonians in Finland or Finnish Estonians (Estonian: Eestlased Soomes; Finnish: Suomen virolaiset) are people with an ethnic Estonian background residing...
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  • largest Estonia-born community in Australia is in the state of New South Wales, with 4,265 people. From 1940 to 1944, more than 70,000 Estonians fled to...
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    2022". stat.ee. Estonia and the Estonians (Studies of Nationalities) Toivo U. Raun p.11 ISBN 0-8179-2852-9 "Local governments in Estonia" (PDF). Ministry...
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  • (born 1969), photographer (USA) Ilon Wikland (born 1930), illustrator (Sweden) Mari Raamot (1872–1966), activist 100 great Estonians of the 20th century...
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    serving variously as allies of both crusaders and Estonians. Hill forts, which were the key centers of Estonian counties, were besieged, captured, and re-captured...
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    Northern Crusades (category History of Christianity in Estonia)
    activity in Estonia caused conflicts with Novgorod, who had also attempted to subjugate, raid and convert the pagan Estonians. The Estonians also sometimes...
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  • In protest, the Estonians failed to show up, which kicked off only to be stopped seconds later. At the end of qualifying, the Estonians finished fifth...
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    number of live births of Estonians was 14,429 and the number of deaths was 12,356, giving natural increase of 2,073 ethnic Estonians. In 1940–1941 and 1944–1951...
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    deaf ethnic Estonians; deaf Russian Estonians in Tallinn use Russian Sign Language, Russians outside Tallinn tend to use a Russian–Estonian Sign Language...
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  • Ukrainian Census (2001), 2,868 Estonians lived in Ukraine, the majority in Crimea (2,92% of the whole population). Those Estonians from Crimea are known as...
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  • The Estonian Supercup (Estonian: Eesti Superkarikas is Estonian football's annual super cup, contested between the champions of the previous Meistriliiga...
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    result, irreligious Estonians don't consider irreligion to be part of their identity. In 2008, Gallup found that only 14% of Estonians consider religion...
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    century, proto-Estonians of ancient Estonia worshipped spirits of nature. Starting with the Northern Crusades in the Middle Ages, Estonia became a battleground...
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  • The following is a list of the 47 cities and towns in Estonia. Before the Republic of Estonia became an independent nation in 1918, many of these locations...
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    MS Estonia was a cruiseferry built in 1980 for the Finnish shipping company Rederi Ab Sally by Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, West Germany. She was employed...
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    tricolour was already in wide use as the symbol of Estonia and Estonians when the Republic of Estonia became a fully independent country in 1918. Formally...
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    settlement between the Bolsheviks and the Estonians, but Admiral Cowan threatened withdrawal of support to the Estonians unless they rejected the Hungarian offer...
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  • Estonians and 38,000 men were drafted. After the mobilisation there were some 50,000–60,000 Estonians under arms in Estonia. The volunteer Estonian Legion...
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    awakening, from 1860, the Estonian national movement had gained more support from rising Estonians. Although many Estonians still continued to assimilate...
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