Ida-Viru County
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Ida-Viru County is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most northeastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale – the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is
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Pühtitsa Convent
Lake Uljaste
Ash hills in Ida-Viru County
Russians in Estonia
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In Estonia, the population of ethnic Russians is estimated at 276,125 or 20.2% of the country's total population as of 2026, most of whom live in the capital city Tallinn and other urban areas of Harj
Ida-Viru County
…of whom 33% were of native origin and 67% of foreign origin. As a result of migration, Ida-Viru County is now the only county in Estonia where ethnic Russians have become a majority. By ethnic origin, on 1 January 2017, 73.1% of the population were Russians, 18.9% were Estonians, 2.3% were Ukrainians, 2.1…
Tanja Mihhailova-Saar, a Russian-born singer and actress, was raised and now lives in Estonia, and also represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
A Russian Old Ritualist prayer house and village in Piirissaar island of Lake Peipus
Prior to World War II, the majority of ethnic Russian population in Estonia lived in border areas that were annexed by the Russian SFSR in 1945.