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School of Nation. The Concept and Praxis of the Soldier’s Education in the Estonian National Army in the Interwar Period (1920–1940)
Volume 38 (2019): Creating Modern Nation-States in the Eastern Baltic = Šiuolaikinių tautinių valstybių kūrimas rytiniame Baltijos jūros regione, pp. 117–128
Igor Kopõtin  

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https://doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v38i0.2079
Pub. online: 18 December 2019      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

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18 December 2019

Abstract

Estonia was a post-imperial country where the question of how to develop a citizen loyal to the new nation-state arose after the First World War. Seen by some as being composed of the ‘best part of the Estonian nation’, the army was considered to be a good tool for the effective training of citizens. In order to fulfil the idea of the army as a ‘school of nation’, the crucial issues were the creation of its own military traditions, language policy, and the education of personnel. The leadership of the army tried to eliminate the influence of the former Imperial Russian army, invented new military traditions in the national spirit, and actively cultivated nationalist ideas. The article analyses the education of Estonian military personnel in this regard, discussing how nationalism, language policy, cultural training and history lessons helped to embody the vision of the army as the school of nation.

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Estonian army nationalism military education cultural training language policy

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