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Article: The future of Russian culture in Estonia.
- Article from:
- World Affairs
- Article date:
- January 1, 1995
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During many centuries, the culture of Estonia was formed as a multilingual and multicultural phenomenon. In its creation alongside a leading Finno-Ugric (Estonian) culture, Scandinavian, East Slavic (Russian), German, Jewish, and some other cultures must be noted. Until 1940, Estonian, German, and Russian were considered local languages, and this reflected not only the demographic but also the sociocultural situation of the first period of Estonian independence.
The traditions of Russian (initially East Slavic) culture in Estonia can be traced to the Kiev Rus (approximately 800-1000 AD). The appearance of East Slavic cultural strata occurred here almost ...