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Originally Posted by jmo
I know it is not perfect, but you are really asking quite a lot for a nation to have suffered so much under Soviet occupation to when they finally are gained independence to suddenly also achieve perfect tolerance towards the former occupiers.
To me and to most outside people the actions of Estonia seem a little harsh, but the Russia seem totally ridiculous.
The place where the statue is today seems quite beautiful and respectful.
I know of no cemetaries or monuments in russia celebrating soldiers or nations that have fought wars against russia that are in any respectful condition.
Please prove me wrong!
If you cannot, please shut up about this currently very respectful monument celebrating the former brutal occupiers of Estonia.
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Russia never fought a war against Estonia. Finland - yes, there was the Winter War, the war for independence for Finnish new born state. The Estonian society was splintered in two, one bigger side was for Soviet system of their state, another for the capitalistic. I say "bigger side" because if it was 50/50 there would have been the civil war scenario of that Anschluess in 1940. Both sides clashed after the Reich assaulted the USSR, both sides believed they will have better future and they fought for ideology and freedom. The issue is not the Russians versa Estonians. In Soviet time the pro-fascist Estonians were pariahs and Germans were occupants, now exactly overwise. They wind up that historical civil contradictions instead of truce and understanding for the common sake of all state. For instance in Russia the civil war of 1918-1922 is fortunately finished. Nobody was right or wrong, every side commited crimes and there is sustainable position of the society towards that historical point, as in the US towards Civil War of 19 cent.