Surm ja matused eestlastel ja Eestis elavatel venelastel
existence of the other world, such as the paradise or the hell. During this time centuries believes
kept in our mentality about creation of the world and a life after death force the person to doubt
and the theory of atheism. For the reason of the uncertainty people often make various religious
and pagan rituals, in this case funeral ceremonies, so to say just in case or therefore how did their
grandmothers and grandfathers. During that time the rituality of the secular funeral had time to
become stronger which has developed in the USSR. Many people do not trust owing to religious
practices and do not see a sense in them. For the reason, the modern youth gives the preference
so-called mixed, in this context it is possible to tell a "democratic" kind of funeral where are
combined both church, and secular rituals and customs.
During the work it has been revealed that Estonians and Russians in Estonia concern cremation
differently