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The Estonian nations
Several nations of different ethnic, language and cultural background have lived here about 10 000 years b.c. from the foundation of the Estonian territory at the end of the last ice age. The origin of the first people settled down in Estonia is unknown. During the ancient times both the Finno-Ugric and Indo-European tribes settled down in Estonia. The Estonian main nation - Estonians - was established on the basis of the Finno-Ugric language and culture. Since XIII century the Germans, Swedes and Russians settled down in Estonia who became the main minor nationalities of Estonia for the next centuries. Besides them, the Latvians, Finnish, Votians, Jews and Gypsies have lived in Estonia to a smaller extent. All nations having lived in Estonia together with Estonians, especially larger minor nationalities, have greatly influenced the Estonian society and culture during the years and thus received by that the firm place for themselves in the Estonian history.
Story events:
- 10000 BC The first people in Estonia
- 4000 BC People during the culture of comb pottery
- 3000 BC People during string pottery culture
- 1800 BC People during the Bronze Age
- 500 BC People from the Iron Age up to the Viking Age
- 850 yr People during the Viking Age
- 1050 yr During the Late Iron Age
- 1200 yr High number of Estonians and high density of population
- 1200 yr Estonia and Latvians
- 1208 yr Germans in Estonia
- 1215 yr The Votians in Estonia
- 1219 yr The Danish visitors
- 1300 yr The Swedes in Estonia
- 1300 yr Russians in Estonia
- 1558 yr Nations of the Livonian war
- 1600 yr The Finnish in Estonia
- 1600 yr Estonian gypsies
- 1629 yr Period of Swedes
- 1700 yr The Russian Old Believers
- 1800 yr Estonian Jews
- 1800 yr The Baltic German bloom
- 1881 yr Russification
- 1920 yr Ingrian Finnish
- 1939 yr Leave of the Baltic Germans
- 1943 yr Leave of the coastal Swedes
- 1945 yr New Russians
- 1960 yr Volga Germans
- 1990 yr Nations living in Estonia