Estonia: Information on the percentage of Estonians of Russian origin in Tallin
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | EST21715.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Estonia: Information on the percentage of Estonians of Russian origin in Tallin, 1 September 1995, EST21715.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acc92c.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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According to the Europa World Year Book 1994, the census of 12 January 1989 indicated that there were 474,834 Russians in Estonia; this figure represented 30.3 percent of the population (1994, 1074).
In a telephone interview on 21 September 1995, the public relations director of the Joint Baltic American National Committee, a non-governmental organization in Rockville, Maryland that represents Baltic-American communities in the United States and provides information on the Baltics to the American Congress and Administration, provided the following information. Estonians of Russian origin constitute approximately 35 percent of Tallin's population; this percentage also reflects their proportion of Estonia's total population.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
The Europa World Year Book 1994. 1994. 35th ed. Vol. 1. London: Europa Publications.
Joint Baltic American National Committee, Rockville, Md. 21 September 1995. Telephone interview with director of public relations.
Attachments
The Europa World Year Book 1994. 1994. 35th ed. Vol. 1. London: Europa Publications, p. 1074.
