People born in the 1970s in Estonia spent their childhood during Soviet times and experienced their coming of age during the transition years of the 1990s. Experiencing the Soviet regime as children gave them experiences of that era, but kept them at a distance from involvement in regime’s culpable actions. It also enabled them to start their adult lives during the transition times, adjusting to new transition routes. Remembering the Soviet era and the social change is a powerful resource for this group. This symbolic capital and socialisation perspective accentuates itself in different situations, but among others when evaluating young people’s performance or social conditions. Based on in-depth and focus group interviews with 47 representatives of this cohort and articles written in mainstream media, the article will scrutinise how the memories from the Soviet time as well as social transformation in the 1990s has shaped the generational consciousness of this age group. It will be argued that studying retrospective accounts of children about the times of change can be fruitful as it shows how these experiences are transformed into symbolic weapons in power games and shape the generational landscape and hierarchies. These experiences can be transformed into what will be conceptualised as generational capital.

爱沙尼亚 1970 年代出生的人在苏联时期度过了他们的童年，并在 1990 年代的过渡时期经历了他们的成年。孩提时代的苏维埃政权给了他们那个时代的体验，但让他们远离卷入政权的罪魁祸首。它还使他们能够在过渡时期开始他们的成年生活，适应新的过渡路线。记住苏联时代和社会变革是这个群体的强大资源。这种象征性资本和社会化的观点在不同的情况下都会突出，但在评估年轻人的表现或社会条件时尤其如此。基于对该队列 47 名代表的深度和焦点小组访谈以及主流媒体撰写的文章，这篇文章将审视苏联时代的记忆以及 1990 年代的社会变革如何塑造了这个年龄段的世代意识。有人会争辩说，研究儿童关于变革时代的回顾性描述可能会富有成效，因为它表明这些经历如何在权力游戏中转化为象征性武器，并塑造了代际景观和等级制度。这些经验可以转化为将被概念化为代际资本的东西。有人会争辩说，研究儿童关于变革时代的回顾性描述可能会富有成效，因为它表明这些经历如何在权力游戏中转化为象征性武器，并塑造代际景观和等级制度。这些经验可以转化为将被概念化为代际资本的东西。有人会争辩说，研究儿童关于变革时代的回顾性描述可能会富有成效，因为它表明这些经历如何在权力游戏中转化为象征性武器，并塑造了代际景观和等级制度。这些经验可以转化为将被概念化为代际资本的东西。