Eestlased vs ristisõdijad
followed; in the mid-1800s many estonians emigrated to Russia, North-America etc. to find a
farmland better living conditions, estonians made 88.2% of the total population of their native
land; WW II caused war casualties, deportations and mass emigration of refugees, in 1945 there
were 854000 people in Estonia; Estonians, Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Finns and others
were the communities; citizenship was given to the poplke who had held it before 16 June 1940
and tgeir descendants
Public holidays: Some national holidays: 23 June: Victory Day the Battle of Võnnu in the
Estonian War of independence; 24 June St. John's Day; 2 February anniversary of the Tartu
Peace Treaty; 14 March Mother Tongue Day; May second Sunday Mothers' Day; 2
November All Souls' Day; 14 February Valentine's Day. Some annual events: The Tartu Ski
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