The early 1987 environmental movement against the planned development of massive phosphorite mines, coupled with the formation of national heritage societies that gathered momentum at the end of the same year developed into protest against the Soviet authorities. Valuing one's history and Estonia as the country of Estonians provided the foundation for later, overtly political demands.
Phosphorite — thanks, but no thanks! R.I.P. Brachiopoda of Kabala! Slogans at the students' protest marches in Tartu

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