On our way to the festival we went through this walkway which commemorates the 1in 5 of the Estonian population who lost their lives or went missing during the years of Soviet rule

Tallinn Song Festival

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July 7th 2019
7 July 2019 The final day of Tallinn’s musical festival when for nearly nine hours, in a purpose built amphitheatre, a choir of over 20,000 entertained a crowd exceeding 100,000 with a range of Estonian songs. It only takes place every five years We walked to the event, planning to see the last few hours when the choir is at its largest. To begin with we were quite depressed because t ... read more

Europe » Estonia

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After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops le... ... read more