tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976244413954679800.post3014592181427344682..comments2023-03-25T13:14:59.948+02:00Comments on Estonian bloggers: Lettonia: “no” al Russo come seconda lingua nazionaleGio. Ve.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09298592295321100714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976244413954679800.post-42926127973943230312012-02-25T17:45:58.821+02:002012-02-25T17:45:58.821+02:00The main problem is not the minority itself. The q...The main problem is not the minority itself. The question in that those Slavonic people were "imported" in the period of the USSR, filling up the places of local people who had been killed or "deported" to Siberia.<br />In Latvia, the Latvian ethnic people in 1935 were 77.0%, while in 1989 they were only 52.0% (look at this interesting article http://countrystudies.us/latvia/9.htm ).<br />As regards Estonia, in the last census before the USSR in 1934 there were 88.1% Estonians + 8.2% Russians and Ukrainians, while in 1989 there dropped to 61.5% Estonians + 33.4% Russians and Ukrainians (look at the numbers at the following link: http://estonianbloggers.blogspot.com/2011/07/popolazione-in-estonia-dal-1922-al-2009.html ).Roberto Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15614702440486740964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976244413954679800.post-36119742462492002792012-02-25T14:22:25.275+02:002012-02-25T14:22:25.275+02:00Interesting! It must be difficult having such a la...Interesting! It must be difficult having such a large minority with a different language and culture...Rob From Amersfoorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126935681056217032noreply@blogger.com