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Estonian Russophone Identity in 1990
(2024) Nurseitova, Aigerim
In 1990, the dominant identity discourse among Russophones in Estonia focused on rethinking their Soviet past amid an uncertain present. This is the time of reflection on how the Soviet Un-ion affected people living in Estonia, both positively and negatively, over the past 50 years, all while Estonia was striving for independence. Once a majority, Russophones struggled to define their identity in a period of change; were they Soviet Estonians or Estonian Russophones? Many had a tough time accepting their new minority status and the re-independence of Estonia due to the socio-economic inequalities and the resurgence of nationalism that accompanied it. Never-theless, Estonian independence viewed positively, as it was imagined as a time of positive change when Estonians and Russophones could be equals, working together for a democratic and just future.
Estonian Russophone Identity in 1995
(2023) Nurseitova, Aigerim
In 1995, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Estonia regained independence, the dominant identity discourse among Estonian Russophones centred on the question of belonging. The earlier adoption of citizenship laws and the beginning of the negotiations for Estonia’s accession to the European Union have also led local Russophones to contest the Estonian authorities’ decisions regarding ethnic minorities. Those decisions were viewed as discriminatory against minority rights. While Estonia’s trajectory towards (re-)building the state was supported by many, and Estonian Russophones expressed loyalty to the country and Estonian nationhood, the creation of a nation-state where ethnic Estonians enjoyed more privileges than non-Estonians was contested. The main challenge was seen as the lack of unity both among Estonian Russophones themselves and between Estonian Russophones and Estonian elites. In their competing discourses, Estonian Russophones sought to position their identity in relation to, and articulate their perspective on, the Estonian national identity.
The effects of the war in Ukraine on the Russophone minority's identity in Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2023) Nurseitova, Aigerim; Morozov, Viatcheslav, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
In this thesis, I study the Estonian Russian-speaking population’s identity. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union postcolonial studies primarily focused on nationalizing discourses within a country and experiences of linguistic and ethnic minorities were overlooked. In the 2010-2020s as the war in Ukraine added social significance to this topic, researchers still question the relationship between the minorities and the “homeland” Russia as it took on a neo imperialist route. The objective of this thesis is to understand the relationship between Estonian Russophones and Russia as a Significant Other and monitor whether there has been any change in Estonian Russophones’ identity discourse in reaction to Russia’s war in Ukraine. I narrow down the research scope to Russian (rossiyskaya) popular culture representations in the Estonian Russophones’ discourse. I conduct a discourse analysis of a Russian-language Estonian news outlet articles, Delfi, throughout 2010, 2014, 2020, and 2022. The main findings of this thesis are the following. First, the Estonian Russophones are not a homogenous group, and therefore their relationship with and attachment to Russia and its popular culture differs. Second, after the war in Ukraine began in 2014 the “othering” between Russophone citizens of Estonia and Russian citizens living in Estonia, as well as the “othering” of the Russophones in Estonia as a collective and Estonians, have increased due to differing views on the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territories and the Soviet past. The fact that parts of Russian popular culture began equating the victory in the Great Patriotic War, which Estonian Russophones attach positive sentiment to, to the war in Ukraine and using Soviet symbols as also symbols of the war in Ukraine, caused a high level of contestation in the Estonian Russophones’ identity.