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.
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 .
What percentage of Estonians were ethnic in 2006?
What percentage of Estonians were ethnic in 2006 ?
69%
69%