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1993, June 21
The government passed a measure that defined the 500,000 former Soviet citizens in Estonia as “foreigners” and required them to apply for a residence permit or face expulsion.	1
Oct. 26
The Riigikogu (legislature) adopted a law on cultural autonomy for ethnic minorities, which entitled minorities that included at least 3,000 citizens to establish cultural, religious, and educational institutions, for which state funding was made possible.	2

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