Isamaa ilu hoieldes // The Singing Revolution in Estonia

20 years out of almost 28 I have been a free man. Without those people and those events you wouldn't be reading these lines here, respect!
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(Music: Scorpions - "Wind of Change", Alo Mattiisen "Isamaa ilu hoieldes", Video: "The Singing Revolution")

[@csm3owner]

In 1991 Estonia didn't declare independence, it was the restoration of independence. Estonian independence was declared in 1918.

[@gregorpaas1538]

im from estonia so i know

[@eifelitorn]

everything which was good, was illegal in the Soviet Union

[@swagstar332]

Hans Blankenfeld They were not. Please learn a bit before saying anything.

[@screamingbrick7706]

@@Idealist2011 How can you classify the declaration of independence by an opressed minority as illegal? How is the declaration of independece illegal at all? If a bigger national group of people at an area decide that they want freedom and their own separate state from the current one and they declare it, you cant determine it as illegal. That would be retarded to do.

[@m2ukass]

@@Idealist2011 Lol, the occupation was illegal, not the reclaring independance.

[@Renee5322]

Badass. Mad respect for Estonia and its people from the US 🇪🇪🇺🇸

[@AnalPro74]

REBELLION IN TALLINN

[@Biggie_Cheese470]

@@AnalPro74 mida

[@AnalPro74]

Sa

[@liisu.]

Thank you!

[@marguskiis7711]

You have to know there were 40 thousand heavily armored Soviet troops in Estonia same time... So these mass demonstrations were the serious argument.

[@submarineinthesky8946]

And THAT'S how you win a peaceful revolution. This story is pretty amazing, I'm not sure how many people would believe me if I told them about it.

[@Biggie_Cheese470]

Well that's a way that worked

[@Biggie_Cheese470]

Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪

[@kadritera]

Its called Supreme Excellence

[@drakkeone]

I just saw the entire film on Netflix, a truly astounding experience, One of the most stirring and touching documentaries i've seen in a long time. Absolutely A+ The courage and consciousness of the Estonian people as portrayed was beyond inspiring. In these difficult times of repression and psychopathy it gave me some hope for the future of the species

[@bravuuritar4468]

Estonians got free so peacefully and that’s why it’s beautiful..nobody said that they were the reason why Soviet union collapsed smh

[@peeterl.2016]

@J G No one said USSR collapsed because of singing, but it helped Estonia.

[@JonassTass]

Thank you, from estonia!

[@Biggie_Cheese470]

Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪

[@marguskiis7711]

Edgar Savisaar (1950 -- 2022), the real leader of the revolution, was a genius.

[@lcy5169]

Huge respect to the brave Estonian from South Korea! 🇰🇷🤝🇪🇪

[@raymondjeffrey10]

2yrs of Estonian life. Blood rushes through the veins. Goosebumps. Indian in Estonia: Guts to glory. Salute all those brave souls.

[@Biggie_Cheese470]

Ikr

[@JJVids1234]

Ive been living in Estonia for 13 yrs (bc i live in Estonia) ive been traveling to Saaremaa atleast 6-7 times every year

[@r.r.e.8338]

Congratulations, brave estonian people!

[@Biggie_Cheese470]

Ty

[@estegy]

2:50 ,,, How Estonians acted as real civilized people was impressive ,,

[@ivanivan5511]

Good bye Lenin

[@gabewj8690]

I keep coming back. This is just so badass

[@marcgv6]

Silent heroes, respect for who fight without blood and win

[@herptek]

Bloodless fights are the exception and usually the result of the blood sacrifice of others. There was a long armed resistance movement in the Baltic countries after the second world war which ended bitterly. The Soviet war in Afganistan might have been the final nail in the coffin of the Soviet system however.

[@touraroundtheworld7190]

A great song. And a very good way to fight for your wishes. Many countries can take this as example. Great respect

[@redbean4469]

Not every nation has this historical chance to win it's freedom in this way.. If the Palestinians could, they would.. But that in no way diminishes the bravery, imagination and cooperation shown by estonia and it's sister nations in their beautiful restoration of their independence.

[@orkhanimanov1584]

5 republics fought for independence and sacrificed lives: Georgia 9 April, 1989, Azerbaijan 20 January 1990, Lithuania 14 January 1991, Latvia 20 January 1991, and Estonia later in 1991.

[@omedolf]

The end of the video made me emotional, truly beautiful to see how Lenin is taken down!

[@surenqalantaryan3109]

libertarianfreedom8 yeh homie me 2

[@xano2921]

Lenin, Marx, all of them were great men with beautiful dreams and ideals... Until Stalin arrived and began his government of destruction, corruption and death

[@rihardsaar4635]

@@xano2921 whilst i agree with you lenin crated the gulag and stalin basicly overused it is true that marx and engele had beautiful dream, if marx and engele would have seen what lenin did theid say that it wasnt tru communism but mayby would have acepted the dead but definetly if they saw stalin, mao, castro and prolly a bunch of others they would hav lets just say been dissapointed (a lot ) (like furious) but who am i to speak on the behalf od the dead

[@josephbernardlim4240]

Hong Kong looks like Estonia and the Baltics today.

[@albertsaks9262]

LMAO how. Do you not know that these clips where made in the 1987-1991?

[@Nakakapagpabagabagabag]

hey! Hong kong people should do a human chain across all of hong kong! and sing! if you cannot do that, then ask for help.

[@thesithlord1019]

Chinese civilians should sing their independence

[@Biggie_Cheese470]

Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪

[@iloveestoniaukrainebest496]

in Riga there was blood sauna but Tallinn no bullet away from rifle

[@captainpelayo7937]

El pueblo unido jamás será vencido

[@johanpats699]

that is very good song cause l am Estonian

[@raymondjeffrey10]

From India and now living in Estonia. Wow remarkable. Non violence is sexy and this freedom moment is kickass. Ivo liina u rock. Proud to be an Estodian

[@olgaalex1549]

✋✋✋✋

[@JonassTass]

Ivo linna+alo matiisen are the cornerstone of estonia along with Heinz Valk.

[@JonassTass]

And others ofc!

[@anaalkuusk949]

ei suuda sõnadesse panna kui uhke on olla eestlane. kui uhke on olla osa balti riikidest. aegajalt lihtsalt ära unustada mis iganes lõhestavad ideoloogilised, sotsiaalsed, poliitilised, mis iganes asjad ja lihtsalt mõelda, et läbi kõige selle pasa ja sita me oleme ikka siin, omas riigis, meil on oma riigi keel mida üritati tappa (puhka rahus liivi keel). me elame sellises riigis kus ei visata pokri kuna mõtled "valesti". me elame riigis kus kritiseerimine on lubatud. kus on ääretult kõrge pressivabadus. kus on lubatud igasugused kultuurid. olgu meite enda või väljamaalaste omad. eesti, kuigi sel on omad vead, tundub siiski ikka väga vaba riigina. mitte vabariigina, vaid vaba riik, kus mitte ainult riik ei ole vaba mingist nööritõmbajast, vaid ka inimesed on vabad (no suhteliselt, kapitalism jnejne lmao) uhke on olla eestlane, uhke on olla osa balti riikidest

[@liisu.]

I wonder if Estonia still has people as brave as back then.

[@bananacrip9466]

Yes, we do

[@liisu.]

​@@bananacrip9466 Of course

[@flx2525]

loves it!

[@dagmarmedabrejlova8825]

i love the song

[@ROCKTOBERI]

Very cool!

[@flippy6981]

Respect from Poland

[@mrdganadormusikero]

I wish I met a person from this country,

[@E.E.B.]

küll meie juba rõõmsad oleme, katsu ise ka olla! :o)

[@Doc_Rainbow]

such a great story! to the Estonian People!

[@NebulaHasADigBick]

Long Live Estonia 🇪🇪

[@JonassTass]

It is sad that russia is threatening the independence of estonia once again, as an estonian i am living in fear, that one night, my family is gonna be taken away or a war is going to emerge near me.

[@ashtonwest6642]

lol putin is not stupid enough to attack a nato memeber

[@jenkins1]

@@user-om8cz6ic3i šveitslaste ja austerlaste naaber pole venemaa :D

[@jenkins1]

@user-om8cz6ic3i valus on näha lääne kaagutamist ja korduvaid "ähvardusi", selle asemel, et olla resoluutne. pole lihtsaid valikuid, aga tuleb valida vähem halb. venemaa mõistab vaid jõudu. jõudude tasakaal toob rahu. nii on see olnud 20. sajandil ja ka tänapäeval. kui venemaa ei näe, et natoga ei jamata, läheb hammas verele ja vaja järgmine tükk hammustada. venemaa ei taotle rahu, vaid mängib oma geopoliitilisi mänge. venemaa vildaka retoorika kohaselt tähendab "rahu" seda, et karul lastakse rahus matsutada ja talitada oma äranägemist mööda.

[@assvalto2976]

@@jenkins1 вы серьёзно думаете что вы нам нужны? Что такого есть у вас чего нет у нас?

[@jenkins1]

​@@assvalto2976 kas te olete kursis venemaa imperialistliku poliitika eesmärkidega tänapäeval? asi pole venemaa vajaduses, vaid mõjuvõimu kindlustamises "sõjas läänega." mul oleks ka hea meel, kui venemaa keriks oma maalapile tagasi ja ei tükiks naabreid ähvardama, sest endal kõik olemas, aga näe, ei suuda. lisaks on venemaa oma "ambitsioonid" ka korduvalt välja öelnud, nii siseriiklikult kui välispoliitikas, aga see selleks.

[@Noturthing]

guys we can pay respects for Estonia but we need to give bigger respect to these people who died in Riga and Vilnius to defend their country from rusty soviet control

[@karlpro4292]

0:32 gives me chills Elagu Eesti!

[@ujjwaljaiswal8751]

This is a great idea im applied in India in future 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@111ark]

uhke on olla Eestlane. Kui Sina usud endasse - siis Sina usud rahvasse.

[@ollisuonpera9915]

Suomesta Onnea Veljesksndalle !!! Slava Ukraina!!!

[@matejgjm]

Wow..!

[@Estonian1991]

🇪🇪Long live Estonia🇪🇪

[@gretekla8337]

🤝🏻

[@jenkins1]

imeliselt kokku lõigatud, aitäh

[@joozjooz6621]

EESTI

[@giuseppemauceri8135]

Me later have watche 10 video of Artur rehi

[@helmutheeringas8424]

saying this as an estonian, artur rehi is... kinda cringe :/

[@chairpersonofthecharlotteh5646]

@@helmutheeringas8424 käis kvs nagu iga teine eeslane ja tegi sellest oma yt careeri lmao

[@Heikinnen0301]

Glory to the heroes! 🇫🇮❤️🇪🇪

When holding fatherlands beauty When holding fatherlands beauty, fighting against enemy, pay attention! If you believe in yourself, in thinkings of wisemans, in scruff of strongmans, in strenght of parents, in nimble of youngmans, in sisters and brothers, but still firstplace in yourself, then you get better (next-)generation. If you believe in wolf story, are afraid of barking dogs, listening big nobs, squire complainings, lowers who admonishes, unenlightened chidings, then you get nothing! When you sink in lies, forget yourself in a dreams, knee down under the rouble(-russian money), then you get fleas to your groin, scabious to your heart, abscess to head and bones to stomach. Then you go to hell! If you believe in yourself, then you believe in people, in homesteads and in cleverness, in teaching, in justice, in birch grove at home, in swallow at sky, then you get a might mind. Then you get better generation. lyricstranslate.com/en/isamaa-ilu-hoieldes-when-holding-fatherlands-beauty.html

[@anderhunt859]

Lahe ma pean muusika tunniks kuulama seda

[@maximkruh1135]

What is Estonia?

[@urmibernadt]

🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪

[@CARLCGP]

❤👏👏👏👏👏👏🫡🇨🇷🇪🇪

[@Howdyx-ui7uk]

We should do this again but now all the way to Ukraine

[@Twocat5side]

Wtf is wrong with the captions

[@josipamatic6085]

Explanation of events

[@Twocat5side]

@@josipamatic6085 my bad I throught it was the lyrics or something

[@josephbernardlim4240]

Russian Empire colonized Estonia prior to their first independence in 1918.

[@carleryk]

It was the same thing with Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Before Russian Empire (208 years) both Estonia and Finland were part of the Kingdom of Sweden (149 years). Some Southern parts of Estonia were under Polish Kingdom (43 years) and even before that Estonia was part of the Danish Kingdom (127 years).

[@ajmeipalu1051]

The Swedish time is said to be good. They reportedly didn't treat us like dogshit.

[@gnoblin7320]

"colonized" ??? wut

[@moisuomi]

@@gnoblin7320 Technically is was colonization

[@gnoblin7320]

@@moisuomi Colonies are overseas territories. Estonia is right next to Russia

[@Adam270978]

Эстонцы чудом выползли из под ига. Главное чтобы потомки не просрали подвиг предков.

[@josephbernardlim4240]

I support the Baltics and the Russians and all of the former Soviet Union but I won't support Hong Kong independence.

[@enditian]

hong kong should ne indepedenedededededed

[@jma-multimediaarchive557]

Why not?

[@j9mmer]

Why?

[@dobrasilaomundo.8086]

​@@enditianHong Kong is China.

[@enditian]

@@dobrasilaomundo.8086 yeah

[@komarovosevastopol]

Was a big mistake

[@antiruzzia]

Why? Better life-quality, better education, better technology, less corruption and smaller crime rates...

[@alterra12]

Soviet Russian invasion of Finland, Estland, Lettland, Lithuania during WW2 was a huge mistake. The annexation, deportation, colonization, russification, and sovietization under the iron courtin was a bad idea as well.

[@liisu.]

​@@antiruzzia Fr..

[@dobrasilaomundo.8086]

big mistake was your criminal family have birthed a loser like you.

[@tacokoer7821]

Russian bootlicker