REVOLUTION AND DOMINATION IN

ESTONIAPille-Riin Pärn

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Tallinn School No. 21

Tallinn 2013

KADRIORG PALACE AND PARK

KADRIORG PALACE AND PARK

Baroque Italian villa.

Juhan Maiste, a professor of art history at Tartu

University: “Päikesekiir, mis on kukkunud lumme ja

tardunud hetkega jääkristallideks.”

Command to build was

given by Peter I, the tsar of

Russia at that time (1714) –

summer residence.

Designed by Italian

architect Niccolò Michetti

(1675 – 1758). Also designed

palaces in St. Petersburg.

KADRIORG

Tsar of Russia ( 1682-

1725).

Turned Russia into a

modern, Europe-oriented

country.

Window to Europe.

St. Petersburg.

PETER I

Pact of aggression

against Sweden.

THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR (1700 -1721)

RESULTS OF THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR

Peace treaty in Nystad.

Russia becomes a new major power.

Tallinn capitulated on 10 October, 1710.

Kadriorg as a symbol

of power.

Initials.

Visited by all the tsars.

Residence of the

Governor of Estonia.

Art museum.

KADRIORG

KADRIORG

KADRIORG

TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL GROUNDS

TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL GROUNDS

First Song Festival.

Built by Karl Bruman Sr. In 1928.

20 000/ 100 000.

Takes place every 4 years. (2014)

TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL GROUNDS

TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL GROUNDS

THE SINGING REVOLUTION (1988)

Name given by an Estonian activist Heinz Valk.

Spontaneous mass singing demonstrations.

As a result, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania regained

independence.

SONG FESTIVALS TODAY

Song Festivals today.

Personal experience.

Clip of the latest song festival.

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