1. REVOLUTION AND
DOMINATION IN ESTONIA
Pille-Riin Pärn
10b
Tallinn School No. 21
Tallinn 2013

2. KADRIORG PALACE AND
PARK

3. 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.”

4. KADRIORG
 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.

5. PETER I
 Tsar of Russia ( 1682-1725).
 Turned Russia into a modern,
Europe-oriented country.
 Window to Europe.
 St. Petersburg.

6. THE GREAT NORTHERN
WAR (1700 -1721)
 Pact of aggression against
Sweden.

8. RESULTS OF THE GREAT
NORTHERN WAR
 Peace treaty in Nystad.
 Russia becomes a new major power.
 Tallinn capitulated on 10 October, 1710.

10. KADRIORG
 Kadriorg as a symbol of
power.
 Initials.
 Visited by all the tsars.
 Residence of the Governor
of Estonia.
 Art museum.

11. KADRIORG

12. KADRIORG

13. TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL
GROUNDS

14. TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL
GROUNDS
First Song Festival.
Built by Karl Bruman Sr. In 1928.
20 000/ 100 000.
Takes place every 4 years. (2014)

15. TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL
GROUNDS

16. TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL
GROUNDS

17. 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.

19. SONG FESTIVALS TODAY
 Song Festivals today.
 Personal experience.
 Clip of the latest song festival.

21. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!