The National Awakening Period
1889 marked the beginning of the central government-sponsored policy of Russification. The impact of this was that many of the Baltic German legal institutions were either abolished or had to do their work in Russian - a good example of this is the University of Tartu. As the Russian Revolution of 1905 swept through Estonia, the Estonians called for freedom of the press and assembly, for universal franchise, and for national autonomy.
- 1904–1905, the Russo-Japanese War (thousands of Estonians among the Russian Imperial armed forces)
- 1914–1918, World War I (thousands of Estonians among the Russian Imperial armed forces)
Read more about this topic: List Of Estonian Wars
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“The Federated Republic of Europe—the United States of Europe—that is what must be. National autonomy no longer suffices. Economic evolution demands the abolition of national frontiers. If Europe is to remain split into national groups, then Imperialism will recommence its work. Only a Federated Republic of Europe can give peace to the world.”
—Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)
“The awakening is
to transformation,
word after word.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
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—Jane Austen (1775–1817)