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In Estonia, the population of ethnic Russians (Russian: Русские Эстонии, romanized: Russkiye Estonii, Estonian: Eesti venelased) is estimated at 296,268, most of whom live in the capital city Tallinn and other urban areas of Harju and Ida-Viru counties. While a small settlement of Russian Old Believers on the coast of Lake Peipus ...
Location. Tallinn. Address. Plikk 19 Tallinn, Estonia. Coordinates. 59°26′18.7037″N 24°44′44.0318″E / 59.438528806°N 24.745564389°E / 59.438528806; 24.745564389. Ambassador. Vladimir Lipayev. Embassy of Russia in Tallinn is the diplomatic mission of Russia in Estonia.
Today about 25% of Latvia's population are ethnic Russians. In Estonia, Russians are concentrated in urban areas, particularly in Tallinn and the north-eastern county of Ida-Virumaa. As of 2011, 38.5% of Tallinn's population were ethnic Russians and an even higher number – 46.7% spoke Russian as their mother tongue. [15]
Tallinn (/ ˈtælɪn /, Estonian: [ˈtɑlʲːinː] ⓘ) [5][6] is the capital and most populous [7] city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 461,000 (as of 2024) [2] and administratively lies in the Harju maakond (county).
Estonian Scouting was a founding member of the World Organization from 1922 to 1940. The Estonian Boy Scout Association joined the international Scouting scene very early. Under the leadership of its International Commissioner, Baldwin Rautsman, who occupied this post from 1920 to 1940, a contingent of 10 Scouts represented Estonia at the first ...
Russian-Estonian relations were re-established in January 1991, when leaders of the two countries, Boris Yeltsin of Russia and Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, met in Tallinn and signed a treaty on the relations of the two countries after the anticipated independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union.
The Russian diaspora is the global community of ethnic Russians. The Russian-speaking diaspora ... Italy: 120,000 (2006) [1] Moldova: 111,000 (2014) [31] Finland:
In 1931, Pedaja was born in Tallinn to Johannes and Rosalie Pedaja. [1] During his childhood, Estonia in World War II saw the country occupied by both Soviets and Nazis at different times. By the early 1940s, Pedaja's father was arrested by the Soviets and sentenced to a slave labour camp, while his mother and two sisters managed to flee ...