Yestonians

id: yestonians-172-2782835
title: Yestonians
text: Yestonians was a derogatory epithet for historically ethnic Estonians brought from Russia to Estonia after World War II to staff the political structures of Soviet Estonia with cadres loyal to Moscow. While their ethnicity was Estonian by descent, they grew up in the Russian/Soviet environment, which meant that for many, the primary language was Russian, which in turn made them prone to apply Russian-language pronunciation rules on Estonian-language texts that they were to publicly read out in s
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description: Ethnic slur denoting Soviet cadres brought from Russia to Estonia after WW II
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yestonians
date created: 2009-12-11T20:50:33Z
date modified: 2024-09-01T21:15:18Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Karl_Vaino%2C_endine_Eesti_NSV_parteitegelane_87.jpg","width":1500,"height":1340}
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