Estonia
Kieron Tyler
The former Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev was a ubiquitous presence in the British news last week, wheeled out for the 20th anniversary of the dismantling of the USSR. The anniversary, though, is not just about what went on within what is now Russia or at the Berlin Wall. Last night saw 70,000 gather in the Estonian capital Tallinn for the Song of Freedom event, to mark the country's split from the USSR. The Estonian Supreme Council declared independence at three minutes after 11pm on 20 August, 1991. Music was central to what became known as "The Singing Revolution". There was Read more ...