Europe, What's Next? - A Journey to Estonia | In Focus
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2013
- Over a decade ago, we visited Estonia. We've come back to meet the same people and see how their lives have changed. The fisherwoman from the island of Saaremaa has opened a shop, and the former student has found a job in the university town of Tartu. But the power station employee in Narva is still skeptical about the integration of the Russian population - just some of many Estonian voices.
I am a estonian :) and i'm so happy to live in Estonia
Eestis on mõnus elada
Nazi Germans also loved living in Nazi Germany
mikemihh i`m antifascist too,but you are paranoia. maybe she/he want to express that you can have a good social life in estonia.
So what?
This video was published in 2013 but its "fresh view" of Estonia is like from 2009. Now, 2014, it is much more technological than it looks in this documentary. That museum is only a percent of all that.
Brilliant documentary, superb narration. Thumbs up for the narrator!
Estonia is good
Both my grandmother and grandfather were Estonian.My grandmother taught language at Tartu .My grandfather was A minister of Health Both sets of their parents were either shot by Russians or killed via being sent one way tickets to Siberia.They and their family (including my mother)Were forced to flee to Germany ,where they lived for 7 years in a refugee camp.Luckily in the British sector - This meant a life in Canada.They prospered,as I do here never forgetting Estonian friends,and our roots.
.I hope the Russians understand it may be hard to forgive this history with open arms.Canada has sent 6 Cf-18's because there are many Estonians in this country that don't trust your sneaky asses.I'm sure you didn't complain when Russia helped themselves to the country.It was never yours to feel a loss of,because it was never yours to get attached to.My grandfather spoke Russian as a second language.That wasn't enough.You wanted his country.Again.I will return one day.I am just getting my EU passport now.
I love the country of my mother,her mothers mother,her mothers mother..and it's language.We are here watching you..from Canada ..loving Estonia,Minu kallis Isamaa and keeping an eye on the rest of you.Don't worry.No one is abandoned.If you must spread like wild seeds do so.Just never forget we are growing everywhere,not shriveling as some might wish it or have it.We will spread ; we will come home.
We are in the States in good schools,both learning and teaching ; In Canada likewise ; in hospitals ; laboratories ; courts ; as musicians ; artists ; singers ;lovers ; dreamers.We did not stay to die as my great grandparents did.That was not an option.We had to survive so we could one day return.I just hope you remember us as we remember you.Nothing personal about Russians,but this 'little vacation' need not have taken place!
P.S. Toronto and even little ol' Halifax hold our own,make delicious rasolja,pirukad,enjoy A le coq with it(haven't seen Saku for a while).We celebrate independence day yearly.We are saddened to miss a song festival.We get along with Russians of all sort here as well.So don't be the dicks we keep hearing you are back home- just because you speak Russian doesn't mean you own the country you are in.- one last note -Estonian women are revered as the most beautiful women on earth in Canada and the US.IMO this is true.
very good documentary..and of course very interesting Estonia..
Estonians are good hard-working people. If they stop creating language/national problems by themselves, and if they increase fertility rates, it could become an interesting investment destination, otherwise I'm quite pessimistic.
Why do Russians can't get jobs in Estonia? Do they refuse to learn the language? That dude in the video speaks Russian not Estonian in the interview.
Stop hating Russians so much, there are no estonians in that region in fact the estonians are minority out there, probably less than 1% and even then all the estonians speak russian out there even between themselves.
There is also another problem that for about 300 years before estonia gained independence (for 1 day) there were under Russian rule, same as Finland for example - so many russians think that it's their land by right and that they don't have to learn estonian even though it's a part of estonia officially, however Russian and Estonia have no border treaty as of yet, so I won't be surprised if that problem region will become part of Russia one day as what estonians did they ruined the region on purpose as they though that all the russians will go "BACK HOME", but they STILL don't understand that it's their home and the russians are not welcomed in russia, so all the factories were closed because the estonian goverment refused to trade with russia full stop - which was silly of them as if you look at Finland 80% of their trade is with russia and their economy is blooming!
Also Russian is a 5th spoken language in the world, so why on earth would you learn estonian where is just 0.5 mln people on the planet speak that language??? The estonian language will die in less than 100 years and it has been proven by the estonian scientists...
Like they said, when they were last in the region where he lives, the work language was Russian and still today is mainly Russian
***** There are actually more than a million people speaking that language. When you go live in a country, you should learn it's language, if you're a tourist, then international language is fine too.
YakovBarachov
In Chinatown NY the work language is Chinese. What does it mean? Nothing.
Don't be an idiot. They're Russians, some them and their ancestors lived on the territory of modern Estonia for over 400 years - and by law they're considered immigrants and have ALIEN Gray passports - meaning No citizenship. With that kind of attitude the Russians will never learn Estonian. Also who wants to learn the language who has just 0.5 mln natives? It's like asking you to learn a language of a Native Americans, where is not that many people speak it in the US... The Estonian will disappear sooner or later - and it has been proven by Estonians.
Estonia, its soo...
I made trip last year to Narva and Narva Jõesuu with my grandchilds.
And in Narva Jõesuu i got suts experience :) !
One local child(nationally russian)talked better in estonian than my grandaughter from Ireland... Looks like i must teach better estonian language skills to my descendants(Im an Estonian!!!) ;)
It was NOT Solviet memorial !
It was made by Estonian for all the lost men in the wars!
Russian goverment activist's(terrorists) just used it as an excuse to start a riot and said it was theirs(in the foreign media propaganda), all the documents are public and anyone can look up the creator of the statue and what was it made for.
jep
Estonian peoples are very honest & friendly i like Estonia
1)The fisherman says he is to old to be professional fisherman. And still it is translated as it is. Same applies to the ex- wife.
2) Did not recession influence germany? I believe it did! Or should Estonia do Greece?
3) People have always possibility to get the russian passport and live there. I really believe that he would not have so beautiful apartment there though.
4) Technology mad? Why it makes Estonian sounds something bad. I really do not wanna file my taxes any other way than in internet.
5) Estonia do not have lowest birthrates at least not ethnically.
6) Did I feel jealousy that in Estonia there is so many nature and space?
this seems to be filmed in... 2011, if not 2010.
If you feel you don't know the whole picture,watch the singing revolution.
I heard good things about the Baltic countries.
there mixed footage from pre 2011 as Eesti kroon currency at 07:40 become Euro from 01.01,2011
Estonia - Good
Firstly while Belarus and Ukraine are certainly Russian lands Estonia is not, it isn't Slavic and never has been and saying that it should be incorporated into the Russian Federation because it has many Russians living there is like saying that Germany should be owned by Turkey.
That said Estonia is more developed and richer than Russia although it has many more demographic issues and lacks any form of political and economic power.
Will you go next after 10 years to cover the story?
It is pleasant to see how Estonia has progressed, from the days when women in Tallinn were forced for economic reasons to offer themselves as prostitutes to drunk Finns from Helsinki.
This video has a lot of inaccuracies. Estonia's EU accession has nothing to do with residents of Estonia having to pay for visa to go to Russia. First of all, Russian visa requirements are determined by Russia, not Estonia or EU. Secondly, those requirements depend on the passport that an applicant holds, and nothing has changed in terms of visa requirements for passports since Estonian accession to EU.
Is this inaccuracy of the video or a false perception of one of the subjects presented herein? It seems to me this video is mostly focused on presenting the perceptions of its subjects, without passing much judgement or offering much other context (keeping it to a bare minimum).
Algeria - and why Russia wants to get all the land area, although it big
DW - update this for today please.
yes Estonia is good an soon i com
You don't have to be a part of the EU to live in another place in the world. WE ALL LIVE ON THE SAME ROCK PEOPLE
Russian Citizens of Narva are angry that they have to pay a visa to visit Russia? By all means move back.
Narva was captured by Russia in 1558 and again 1704, Russians have been living in Narva since. Why should Russians "move back"?
Warren Clarke And Estonia was an independent Nation starting in 1921. I doubt there are a lot of Russians left from 1704. Most of the current Russians were moved in by the Soviet occupiers and have no right to be there. Lucky we don't kick them out though most choose to stay since life in Russia sucks.
Погонщик контуженых тролей Estonians and Russians can actually get along because the economy is doing so well in Estonia. The Russians there choose to stay because the standard of living is so much better than Russia or Eastern Ukraine. As far as you calling people chimps, well that just shows you what the Javelin missiles Estonia has are meant for. Enjoy your life in the Russian paradise of Eastern Ukraine.
Warren Clarke The original native inhabitants were not allowed to return to Narva after the war and immigrant Russian-speaking workers from other parts of the USSR were brought in to populate the city.
2012isRonPaul Estonia was not ethnically cleaned up from past occupiers in the 1920s and 1930s. The Baltic Germans left only in 1939 after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
Lenin and mostly Stalin were the bad ones, Churchill could have been the one to confront the Soviet Union to grant the Baltics back their independence, as we've learned quite recently Roosevelt didn't give a fuck about the Baltics and thought they should've remained part of Russia after WWI.
The EU hasn't ruined Estonia, quite opposite actually. It has poured money into Estonia, most of our infrastructure was built by EU money.
i live in estonia but only the estonia is connected to russia and at peipsi the line is going
retired What are the living costs?
It wasn't a yes or no question. Let me rephrase it. I basically asked why does it matter to you comparing other nationalities and countries to your own? What do you personally get out of it?
This is a most interesting video. Unfortunately the narrator's thick Estonian accent makes her almost impossible to understand.
What's the big deal about Russians? I went to an Estonian school and half of my classmates were Russian. Noone even paid attention to it. These trolls here probably haven't even been to Estonia. Kind of sorry tho, they could use a hug.
cr2zybadger Im Estonian. Russians are a big deal. I have nothing against Russians personally, but a lot of people do. Russia has a big history with Estonia and they are not the brightest memories.
They are not a big deal. What i'm talking about is ordinary day to day life. Noone gives a crap about your nationality in Estonia. You don't get remarks, insults, discrimination, whatever. All this is just bullshit cultivated by some media or politics for profit. Noone thinks about history when having interactions with someone from different nationality. The only problem is that too many people base their views and opinions on the information from media.
You don't know, you haven't been born there and lived there you'r whole life! At least do some research before you make jugements!
Liisa Ketter Liitoja olen küll :P probleem ei ole venelastes, vaid sittades inimestes, ka eestlastes. kui mõnel venelasel on probleem eestlaste vastu või vastupidi, palun väga... sitad inimesed. loodan et enamusel on pea otsas. milleks kogu see tsirkus? et mõnele poliitilisele ahvile orgasmi anda?
Sinu arvamus...
Are a lot of the eestlased speaking German or is it just me?
No they are indeed. They're talking to Deutche Welle, makes sense they'd go for German rather than English right?
I don't know, I just think it's great if they do. I traveled to Estonia last year (NOT on a cruise ship...) and I had a young waiter in a great restaurant in Tallinn who spoke better German than all of the immigrants in Germany who already lived her for 50 years or the ones who were born here for that matter..... I was really impressed with him and gave him a very generous tip. So it pays off to know more than English. ;) Others knew SOME German, taxi drivers, hotel staff... I really liked Estonia and want to come visit again. Maybe I'll start to learn Estonian in the future. I don't want to return with knowing only "tere" and "aitäh"... makes me feel like an ignorant idiot.
No, most speak english, russian and then german.
@@olluman123 I bet more young estonians learn german faster than russian
@@productconsoomer6645 and? The question was, all of estonians, not young estonians.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure~
"Free internet"
It already has multiculturalism - Russians and Estonians living in one country. Doesn't seem like it goes so well though.
I wonder if people outside Estonia really see us as a country that has advanced, modern technology, computers and internet services and all that. We, Estonians, like to think so. But is this just a delusion?
Also Kihnu and Muhu are mainly tourist attractions, this is not how we really live or dress here. We live very much in the 21. century.
Yes, a decent amount of Estonians do speak German. And lastly, on behalf of the younger generation, I would like to apologize for the horrible pronunciation of English that the older generations mostly have.
Let me know how you or your country perceives Estonia.
Thanks
I've been in many countries in EU, and most of the people who heard about Estonia , knows that we do have a lot of technological goodies and are very advanced in all about IT :) That making me proud that I'm from Estonia :)
Now living in Czech Republic for about 2 years, I'm realy missing all the electronic government stuff we do have :)
BTW I'm native russian, so please don't blame all russians in Estonia, most of them never been anywhere excsept Estonia or Russia, and they believe in everything they see on TV :) But anyway I can tell you that modern generation of russian estonians are more likely EU/WEST orientied :)
Missing Estonia :)
Authors of this video also made video about Latvia from interesting point of view, Felt like our country is failed state...
Well most people as just that one country above Latvia, no offense intended, but educated people see you for what you really are.
Renee Rehe I see Estonia as a normal European country that speaks Estonian, lol.
I mean as an Egyptian, I've been asked before if I have electricity or even cars in my country, like wtf?? So yeah I see where you're coming from..
I found Estonia to be full of wonderful people, beautiful women, 21st century electronics, terrific food oh and did I mention beautiful women! It is a great place for lots of reasons.
None of our land is Russian, it is completely ours and like in every country there are immigrants, here we have immigrants from Russia mostly.
You didnt watched the video. There are no estonians but finns which were below russians.
Not Yuri, but Jüri. The pronounciation is remarkably different.
Also, Estonia was annexed in 1940, not 1944.
Yeah but we got under german control then we were annexed again.
Millegi pärast ütlesin seda inglise keeles.
Margus-Matis Roo Well, no. There was only one annexation, in 1944 it was just a reconquest.
Margus-Matis Roo :D ma ei märganud ka nime.
Nojah :D
peale seda dokumentaali inimesed arvavad et eestis elavad sakslased
TheMehakarp h
Maybe when the Russian Empire and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics existed, but now that they don't and Estonia is independent it should be the opposite way around, if the Russians want to stay then they should assimilate or simply leave, as any foreign culture should do.
And while the Russian Federation does have one of the highest literacy rates in the world it is not the "smartest country" by a long shot, tough, but not extraordinarily intelligent.
Jesus forget your friggin labels! Ignore those who won't. You hang on to them so you are the source of your suffering.
its old video
Waiting for the day a report like this will be made in Serbia....
lol @ air polluted... Estonia has the top 3 most pure air in EU... almost every documentary i see about Estonia is from a stance of ignorance and/or myth mixed with reality...
No people? There's a perfect amount of people per m2. I feel sad for people who live in big cities , that's why half of them are insane...
About that Russian passport.. ITS FREE! So get it and move out of here while Big Mother Russia pays for this and even extra on her behalf..
I don't have anything against Russian people, if they speak Estonian in E S T O N I A! (Russian belongs to Russia) I consider these people who speak estonian as my own - it dsnt matter if you are black or white, christian or muslim, estonian or russian, as long as you speak (or atleast try to) speak our language, You are Welcome!
Now what does that matter to you that you are smarter/better/good looking than Estonians, Finnish, Americans and everyone else to that matter?##
yes
Free internet acces? Hell no we still have buy pay to get internet! Well my family does.
it is nice but full of Russians
+JONNIE BRAVO oh those Russians
in estonia, watch out for "ALIENS"
বিশা কিবাবে পাব
I did watch it. I was talking about your IQ video and not the education one as I didn't find Estonia on that list and as I learned from the comments Estonia didn't participate in that study. Now what does that matter to you that you are smarter/better/good looking than Estonians, Finnish, Americans and everyone else to that matter? How does that make you a better person compared to others? How does that affect the lives of Finnish, Estonians or whatever population you want to bring into this.
I thought estonia just had russians coming there not invading it.
Russians? Smartest? Not by a long shot. Russian superior lifestyle? Describe this "superior Russian lifestyle" to an Estonian :D
{De horch es en finns und finner uns langen en führer da hummel bisonder dewander... muchas felicidades es en de "mercedes". hei..............}...! m.m.a.rana
Watching this and trying to find the differences between Soviet propaganda in the past and EU propaganda now. So far I haven't found any...
+B o r i s s l a v Why are you Russians so jealous of us that you guys have to comment on very video to try to show us how soviet times were way better than currently Estonia? Get a life! We are not buying into your propaganda.
+EstonianLad You don't seem to have understood my stand on propaganda - EU and soviet propaganda alike - before you jumped into the conclusion that I was praising the communist times. Talking about jumping into conclusions - I don't know how you (wrongly) assumed I was Russian either. ✌🏻
+Borisslav Kostadinov But you sure have a secret admiration for Russians, don't you?
I told you, you shouldn't be jumping to conclusions so easy.
+Boris Källström Alright then
Te ole
Says who? Russians? Estonians and Russians are two very different people (where not even slavic), so claiming that Estonia should belong to Russia is stupid. Its like if Denmark started claiming that Estonia should belong to them because they once held lands here.
russia is richer than estonia,moscow has even 10 times as much people as estonia and is as rich as netherlands
is farm land cheap ? lol.
putin still has a say over thisvsmall counry
Are you drunk?
Why do all these documentaries have shitty soundtracks?
it's flat
correct,Lithuania,Latvia Estonia,all dacian tracian tribes
上から目線の嫌な番組。グローバリストのプロパガンダ映画を見せられた気分。
How does half the territory of Estonia belong to Russia? What's Estonia is Estonia what's Russia is Russia. Got it? I sure fucking hope so cuz if you can't understand this you might as well give up :)
And so what i mean i know that Russia is richer than Estonia but our country is still a country on its own and does not belong to any other country
Eu propaganda... EU is the new Soviet Union , don't get fooled.
Daniel Andries Hahahahaha
I am a black kid from Africa and im thinking of studying in Estonia.Im curious as to how Estonians treat black people.Is there any anti-black racism in Estonia
Prince Sibanda Stay in Africa and make a life there. You're not welcomed in Europe. Too much trouble by immigrants.
Probably to your face there will be no problem. But behind your back some people will be making comments--not everybody, just some.
East estonia is russian land
East Estonia is NATO land now.