All posts tagged Estonian history

30 years since the most important Singing Revolution concert
September 11, 2018 · No comments

On 11 September 1988, an estimated 300,000 people gathered at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds...

A memorial to the victims of communism opens in Estonia
August 23, 2018 · No comments

A memorial to the victims of communism has been opened in the Estonian capital, Tallinn;...

Review: “Juured”, an Estonian documentary about women who are not ashamed of their wounds
July 10, 2018 · No comments

Six Estonian female film directors share their intimate experiences and show us that facing pain...

PICTURES: Estonia’s Victory Day celebrations
June 25, 2018 · No comments

Estonia celebrated the country’s Victory Day on 23 June with a large military parade on...

Novelist: Estonians don’t like Russians because the Soviet occupation denied them choices
June 4, 2018 · No comments

Andrey Ivanov, an ethnic Russian Estonian novelist, says in a new and well-regarded novel, “A...

“Seltsimees Laps” – not only a movie about Stalinist tyranny, but also on Estonian modesty
May 8, 2018 · No comments

The Tallinn-based Italian expat, Milena Spigaglia, shares her thoughts on the new Estonian movie about...

140 years ago, wolves still ate people in Estonia
May 2, 2018 · No comments

One hundred and forty years ago, it was a common occurrence that wolves attacked people...

An exhibition about Estonia visits North America
April 17, 2018 · No comments

A traveling exhibition about Estonia that celebrates the country’s centenary is to visit North America...

The day the Soviets invaded Britain to capture an Estonian
April 16, 2018 · 8 comments

The Shetland Islands are the northern-most part of the United Kingdom. A group of islands...