The grand exit of the Russians at Toompea

The point of this video is to show how the Estonians are rather the opposite of the fascists they are being portrayed as.

Soviet Russians protesting against Estonian regime in the beginning of the 1990's surround the government building and eventually break through the gates and windows. Estonians PM calls via radio for ordinary citizens to come and protect the building (because there was no Estonian army at the time), hastily thousands arrive and surround the Soviets. A clash or riot seems inevitable, but the outnumbering Estonians act unexpectedly...

Exerpt from the film Singing Revolution (2007 Tusty), narrated by Linda Hunt. See more info about the singing revolution at singingrevolution.com.

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[djEksotik]

Please stop arguing with this troll roobit1970. He is obviously a professional troll getting paid for propaganda. I am actually amazed that his english is not bad, but his opinions contradict themselves constantly. He claims to hate nazis but he advocates genocide... He is either mentally ill, or his propaganda is aimed at those who are.

Please stop feeding the TROLL!

Thank you and long live Estonia!

[Petqn]

Respect to the estonian people for the way they handled the russian procommunist half-human scum. You have shown to the whole world what means to have a free spirit. And this is the way how you show the oppressors their time is over! It's not a surprise 20 years after the Soviet collapse your one of the most developped countries in the world. My country has the same start as yours but now the only developped thing we have is the commie Mafia...

[Sven3ST]

Capital of estonia is Tallinn not toompea

[MegaAble1234]

thats lot of fun!!! but Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was better life than Republic of Estonia!!!

[armeelane]

@scrap222666 well, if you hint to Estonian war of independence, than yes, but im talking about restoring independence peacefully from ussr, wich certainly wasnt easy task

[scrap222666]

@armeelane If you would go back a few decades Estonia was also born out of violence.

[Mahno4]

Kui see toimus, siis mina ega minu sugulased ja sõbrad ei olnud Interlikkumise poolt. Aga meie ei teadnud tookord, et meist, Eesti venelastest, püütakse teha taasiseseisvunud Eestis teisejärgulised inimesed. See ei ole see iseseisev Eesti, mida meie tahtsime 1991. aastal kui võimul on endised kommarid, kes järsku muutusid rahvuslasteks ja venevihkajateks, ja suurrikad-vargad, kes koorivad rahvas ja sülitavad sellele näkku.

[armeelane]

i still dont get it, why all the world is using violence right now: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania showed the world, that you can do great things with peace, but i guess world isnt ready to learn yet.....

[impact0r]

Godwin's law (also known as Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies) is an observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990. Given enough time, in any online discussion—regardless of topic or scope—someone inevitably criticizes some point made in the discussion by comparing it to beliefs held by Hitler and the Nazis. It has been the general consensus that at that point such discussion thread should be closed as any further discussion is virtually pointless.

[phunkademic]

i am a russian speaking estonian, was born here. i want to love my country, i really do, but it's often hard to do so. nah, to hell with you, i'm a leave this country for good.