At the end of the 1980s, Estonians perceived their demographic change as a national catastrophe. This was a result of the migration policies essential to the Soviet Nationalisation Programme aiming to russify Estonia – administrative and military immigration of non-Estonians from the USSR coupled with the deportation of Estonians to the USSR. In the decade following the reconstitution of independence, large-scale emigration by ethnic Russians and the removal of the Russian military bases in 1994 caused the proportion of ethnic Estonians in Estonia to increase from 61% to 69% in 2006. COUNT 3
QSN1 How did Estonians view the demographic change of less ethnic Estonians? ANS1 a national catastrophe QSN2 What Russian institutions were removed in the decade following Estonia's reclaim of independence? ANS2 Russian military bases QSN3 What percentage of Estonians were ethnic in 2006? ANS3 69%