So, while brushing my teeth before bed at 6am, I demanded my partner finds proper info to educate me on why Tartu’s flag is derived from the Polish one. Previously, I tried to google and found literally one, inadequate sentence. I don’t really speak Estonian either. He did after some pushing, but found fuck-all himself. To our surprise.

Educate me please, if you know what you’re talking about and even maybe have a historically reliable source to credit.

by kaltlicht

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  1. >Tartu is not only the intellectual and cultural capital of Estonia, but also a city that played an important role in the history of Poland since 1582, when it was part of the [I Rzeczpospolita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1569%E2%80%931648)). The colours of Tartu’s white and red flag were granted to the city of Tartu on 9 May 1584 by **King Stephanus Bathory of Poland**, following those of the flag of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

    [https://www.gov.pl/web/estonia-en/polish-national-flag-day-is-celebrated-in-tartu-on-2-may](https://www.gov.pl/web/estonia-en/polish-national-flag-day-is-celebrated-in-tartu-on-2-may)

    Tartu among with Livonia became a part of Poland in 1582 after the [Livonian War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonian_War).

    Btw did you know you can translate pages to English with Chrome?

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