is monograph presents recent social scientific research on the problems of ethnic and national identity in Estonia as conducted by scholars and researchers from the Estonian Academy of Sciences and Tartu University. This collection is a joint publication of the scientific project "Estonia: A New Paradigm Between the Estonian Majority and Russian Minority (funded by the Central European University in Prague in 1993) and the projects funded by the Estonian Science Foundation "National, Ethnic and Cultural Identities m Estonia. Transformation of Identity in the Context of New Europe" in 1992-93 and "Changing National Identity in Estonia: 1990-1994 (Continuous Danger of Conflict, Accomodation or Ethnic Pluralism)" in 1994. (fragment)