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With about 54,000 inhabitants predominantly identifying as Russian, Narva reflects a unique linguistic environment where Estonian is rarely spoken. This demographic reality can be traced back to the city's industrial history when, under Soviet rule, a substantial influx of Russian settlers transformed its cultural landscape. The industrial boom of the Soviet era has faded, leaving a city grappling with high unemployment rates and a landscape dotted with neglected buildings and structures reminiscent of its past.