{"id":2152,"date":"2026-08-20T13:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.who-we-are.org\/?post_type=map_point&#038;p=2152"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:06:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:06:52","slug":"sillamaee-group-russian-speaking-minority-in-estonia","status":"publish","type":"map_point","link":"https:\/\/www.who-we-are.org\/en\/point\/sillamaee-group-russian-speaking-minority-in-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sillam\u00e4e Group (Russian-speaking minority in Estonia)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were born in Northeast Estonia, at a time when Estonia was still part of the Soviet Union.<br>Our mother tongue was Russian.<br>Back then, we never even thought of ourselves as a minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Estonia regained its independence.<br>The world around us changed. 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