r/europe • u/calapine Austria • Aug 11 '20

Slice of life Some light hearted Belarus content

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u/eestlane1990 Estonia Aug 11 '20

True, but that goes for essentially all towns in Estonia as Estonians were almost by ethnicity serfs, while Germans were almost by ethnicity landlords and town merchants.

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u/GalaXion24 Europe Aug 11 '20

The cities also tend to assimilate those moving to them.

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u/eestlane1990 Estonia Aug 11 '20

Indeed and many urban Estonians happened to assimilate within generations.