Kes me siin oleme? Narva 1990. aasta venekeelses ajakirjanduses

• Authors: Pavlova Elena

Title variants

EN

Who are we here? Narva in the Russian-Language press in 1990

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

This article examines the logic of constructing a new identity discourse in Narva in 1990. Analyzing the newspapers Molodezh Estonii and Sovetskaja Estonia, I reveal the discussion in Narva regarding Estonia’s exit from the USSR and the restoration of independence as open and multidimensional. Based on the example of the debates on the project to create a Free Economic Zone in Narva and the Economic Border Act, I demonstrate the ambition of Narva’s people’s desire to form an urban and regional identity in the framework of free and democratic Estonia. As the theoretical and methodological framework, I use the methodology of identity research developed by Ted Hopf and Bentley Allan in their monograph “Making Identity Count: Building a National Identity Database” (2016).

Keywords

EN

identity; mass media; Estonia; Narva; collapse of the USSR; autonomy

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 91
• Pages: 41-60

Contributors

author

Pavlova Elena

• Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut, University of Tartu, Lossi 36-326, 51003 Tartu, Estonia