{"id":18233,"date":"2016-03-23T12:31:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T12:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2021-04-20T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:43:31","slug":"estonians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/estonians\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First archeological settlements of Estonians date back approximately 10 000 years. The oldest settlement site, near Sindi at the P\u00e4rnu river, was inhabited in the middle of the 8<sup>th<\/sup> millennium B.C. There are slightly over 1 million Estonians in the world. Estonians form the third largest Finno-Ugric people after Hungarians and Finns.<\/p><ul class=\"is-style-links wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.estonica.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encyclopedia about Estonia (read more about Estonians<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<div class=\"container-fluid position-relative block-pages bg-white\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"container-xl\"><div class=\"row category-posts category-pages pt-20 pb-12 pb-md-10 justify-content-start\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 mb-8 d-flex item-card\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/estonians\/setos\/\" class=\"w-100 text-decoration-none item-link\">\r\n        <div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-3by2 rounded\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-533x400.jpeg\" class=\"embed-responsive-item wp-post-image portrait\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-533x400.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-960x720.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-267x200.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/setu-mustrid-visitsetomaa_-1980x1485.jpeg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/>        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"pt-3 pt-md-4 pb-2 px-2 px-md-4\">\r\n            <div class=\"item-title h4 mt-0 mb-1 mb-md-2\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"h4 my-0 text-body d-inline\">\r\n                    Setos                <\/h3>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p class=\"mb-0 text-body\">Names and Territory Setos (in Seto language: setoq or setok\u00f5s\u00f5q) is a ethnic group of Estonians whose traditional territories are in southeastern Estonia (Setomaa). Population &hellip;<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 mb-8 d-flex item-card\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/estonians\/voros\/\" class=\"w-100 text-decoration-none item-link\">\r\n        <div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-3by2 rounded\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/suitsusaun_foto_Andres_Treial-600x400.jpg\" class=\"embed-responsive-item wp-post-image landscape\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/suitsusaun_foto_Andres_Treial-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/suitsusaun_foto_Andres_Treial-1082x720.jpg 1082w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/suitsusaun_foto_Andres_Treial-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/suitsusaun_foto_Andres_Treial-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/suitsusaun_foto_Andres_Treial.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"pt-3 pt-md-4 pb-2 px-2 px-md-4\">\r\n            <div class=\"item-title h4 mt-0 mb-1 mb-md-2\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"h4 my-0 text-body d-inline\">\r\n                    V\u00f5ros                <\/h3>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p class=\"mb-0 text-body\">Names and Territory V\u00f5ros&nbsp; (in Estonian: v\u00f5rokesed, autonym:&nbsp;v\u00f5rok\u00f5s\u00f5q) are indigenous inhabitants of South Estonia&#8217;s V\u00f5rumaa (current V\u00f5ru County and P\u00f5lva County with parts of Valga &hellip;<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 mb-8 d-flex item-card\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/estonians\/mulks\/\" class=\"w-100 text-decoration-none item-link\">\r\n        <div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-3by2 rounded\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mulgi-lipu-paev-600x283.jpg\" class=\"embed-responsive-item wp-post-image landscape\" alt=\"mulgi lipu p\u00e4ev\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mulgi-lipu-paev-600x283.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mulgi-lipu-paev-1280x604.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mulgi-lipu-paev-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mulgi-lipu-paev-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mulgi-lipu-paev-1536x725.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mulgi-lipu-paev-2048x967.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mulgi-lipu-paev-1568x740.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"pt-3 pt-md-4 pb-2 px-2 px-md-4\">\r\n            <div class=\"item-title h4 mt-0 mb-1 mb-md-2\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"h4 my-0 text-body d-inline\">\r\n                    Mulks                <\/h3>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p class=\"mb-0 text-body\">Names and Territory Mulks (in Estonian mulgid) are the original inhabitants of Mulgimaa, located south of Viljandi and in the northwestern part of Valga County &hellip;<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-xl\">\r\n    <div class=\"row\">\r\n        <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 article font-family-base mt-20 mb-16\">","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First archeological settlements of Estonians date back approximately 10 000 years. 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