Kes me siin oleme? Narva 1990. aasta venekeelses ajakirjanduses

This article examines the logic of constructing a new identity discourse in Narva in 1990. Analyzing the newspapers Molodezh Estonii and Sovetskaja Estonia, I reveal the discussion in Narva regarding Estonia’s exit from the USSR and the restoration of independence as open and multidimensional. Based on the example of the debates on the project to create a Free Economic Zone in Narva and the Economic Border Act, I demonstrate the ambition of Narva’s people’s desire to form an urban and regional identity in the framework of free and democratic Estonia. As the theoretical and methodological framework, I use the methodology of identity research developed by Ted Hopf and Bentley Allan in their monograph “Making Identity Count: Building a National Identity Database” (2016).