Seto People, Estonia and Russia, 2007-present Setos are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic minor

Seto People, Estonia and Russia, 2007-present

Setos are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic minority in south-eastern Estonia and north-western Russia. They speak the Seto language and along with Orthodox Christianity, vernacular traditional folk religion is widely practiced and supported by Setos.

The Nordic cross is designed in a traditional Seto folk pattern. Red and white were also the dominant colours of the previous flag.

The Soviet Union made the eastern part of the historical Estonian region Setomaa component of the Leningrad Oblast. When Estonia became independent in 1991, the 15,000 Seto People were separated in two countries