Priorities of Estonian History
It
should be one Estonian historical research's greatest priorities to distance
itself from this, to seek after holistic, balanced accounts of the past.
Early chronicles of Estonian history illustrate this diversity of
perspective. Johann Renner, a Baltic German, held his own people in high
esteem, deeming them the people of God. He implied this when he wrote
that God would save His people from the hand of Gog. He seems to indicate
that Gog was the Muscovite people. Perhaps the Muscovite people truly were
vicious towards Baltic peoples, but perhaps not. Whatever the case, his
biases colored his writing, likely distorting the truth as to how things actually
were and how events actually happened.1 The same can be said of chronicles
written by German B. Russow, who praised Swedish rule, and D. Fabricius, a
Catholic Pole who favored Polish rule and rendered a Polish perspective of
history.
Russian history during the imperial period also shows such an ideological
influence
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