ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
national cultural problems were discussed. Aivo Lõhmus wrote:
What kind of situation exists at this moment? Is it really a permanent state of war? It is a civil
war during which the rulers have never chosen the means, but the nation had no possibilities to
choose anything. 1
Lennart Meri, author and scriptwriter added:
As the result of World War II Estonia lost 24 per cent of its population. Compared with other
European countries the Estonians suffered relatively the heaviest bereavements.
The young Estonian family is our painful problem. In the year 1986 Soviet migrants
occupied 67 per cent of all the new apartments with modern conveniences. This is nothing other
than the discrimination of the native people. 2
In the summer of 1988 Rahvarinne (People’s Front)3 was formed and became
the first popular national movement. At the end of 1988 the Estonian Supreme Soviet
passed the Declaration of Sovereignty of the ESSR. In the spring of 1990 the
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