for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia. ..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view, and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. this was among the first a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it s been moved to estonia s war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it s to avert what it calls increasing social tension . oh, wow. look at this. you re very welcome. the t 34 was produced from maybe aos to 60s, more
..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view, and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. this was among the first a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it s been moved to estonia s war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it s to avert what it calls increasing social tension . oh, wow. look at this. you re very welcome. the t 34 was produced from maybe aos to 60s, more than 80,000. so it s an extremely ordinary tank. nothin
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i mean, you say nothing special, but i mean, there s. that is like a rock. that s why it is tank. she laughs why do you think a museum is a better place for these sorts of objects? that s why the museums are created for, to keep the history. it s a question of symbols. and for our people, that is a symbol of occupation. that s a symbol of soviet rule. and we want to turn a new page. as you can see, we re not destroy it. we keep it. but the links are impossible to sever. so many of the big public spaces around the capital are russian built. they re bold, architecturally distinctive and pretty popular, too these days, the peter the great seaplane harbour is a maritime museum, painstakingly restored. the foreboding patarei sea fortress now hosts gigs and club nights. and noblessner port, imperial russia s vast submarine factory, is fast becoming tallinn s new leisure district. as well as cafes, bars and new luxury apartments on the way, there s this, proto.