Sergei Zonov

Some tables hold meetings. This one helped shape Estonia’s future. 🇪🇪 In 1919–1920, Estonian and Soviet Russian delegations held peace talks around this very table. Their talks led to the Tartu Peace Treaty, which ended Estonia’s War of Independence and saw Soviet Russia formally recognise Estonia’s independence. Now at @MFAestonia, the table will help tell the story of the Tartu Peace Treaty to visiting diplomats and may even host future signing ceremonies. The table will return to Tartu City Museum once the museum’s renovation and new exhibition are complete. Until then, it will be part of Estonia’s diplomatic life – thanks to the City of Tartu and Tartu City Museum for making it possible! More than a century later, the history of this table still resonates today: peace, sovereignty and every nation’s right to decide its own future are worth defending.