REVOLUTION AND DOMINATION IN
ESTONIAPille-Riin Pärn
10b
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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