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AFTER ESTONIA BECAME INDEPENDENT IN 1991, A CRUCIAL ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY'S TRANSITION TO A MARKET ECONOMY WAS THE PARTICIPATION OF THE ETHNIC RUSSIAN MINORITY IN THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS -- BOTH THE TRANSFER OF STATE PROPERTY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW PRIVATE SECTOR. IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THE CHANGES IN THE LEGAL STATUS OF ESTONIA'S RUSSIAN MINORITY AS A RESULT OF PRIVATIZATION LEGISLATION DURING 1989-1995. HE DISCUSSES EIGHT PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS: (1) COMPENSATION VALUE; (2) VOUCHERS; (3) LAND OWNERSHIP; (4) FORMS OF PRIVATIZATION; (5) BUSINESS AND LABOR CONDITIONS; (6) POLITICAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND SOCIAL RIGHTS; (7) CITIZENSHIP; AND (8) THE STATUS OF ALIENS.