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Estonians had the right to an education in Estonian before the occupation as well. Before Stalin and Hitler carved up Europe.
Unspeakable things. Which is why I'm not a fan of the fact that the nazis and soviets literally divided up Europe to be shared among themselves. The soviets actually enabled nazis initially. They only later fought the nazis out of self-preservation, not principle, when Hitler's paranoia made him make the first move against the soviets.
Non-Russians weren't equal in the soviet empire either. It was a bit less racial than national there though - the people living in the core of the empire had more privileges, it just wasn't official policy.
As you may understand, I'm not against the principles of socialism. It's just that for anyone living in Eastern Europe, history with the soviet union has soured things.