Original sentence: Cities, such as Tallinn, destroyed during the World War II, were rebuilt.Due to the growth of towns in the Soviet time, percentage of urban population of Estonia raised from 33 in 1940 to 61 in 1976.During preparations to the 1980 Summer Olympics (Tallinn was selected the host for sailing events) a lot of sports and general infrastructure buildings were built, including Tallinn TV Tower, Pirita Yachting Centre and Linnahall.During the Soviet rule Estonia was greatly electrified, including two world's largest oil shale-fired Narva Power Plants built in the 1960s and the 1970s.Hence, Estonia's power output per year raised from 190 million KWh in 1940 to 16,712 million in 1975.However, according to modern Estonian sources, the Soviet rule significantly slowed Estonia's economic growth, resulting in a wide 'wealth gap' in comparison with its neighboring countries that went free of Soviet yoke (e.In 1955 TV Centre was built in Tallinn, that began TV broadcasts on June 29 of that year.Natural growth rate of population (i.Population of the Estonian SSR grew from 1,054 million in 1940 to 1,565,662 million in 1989.Tallinn Song Grounds, the host for song festivals, were built in 1960.The economic damages directly attributable to the second Soviet occupation (from 1945 to 1991) have been estimated to lie in the range of hundreds of billions of dollars by modern Estonian sources.Those sources estimated that the GDP per capita of Estonia in year 2003 was only one sixth of what it would likely have been if the occupation had not occurred.number of births per thousand minus number of death per thousand) of Estonia during the Soviet rule was always positive, greatly contributing into the total growth of population, along with population migration from other republics
Edited sentence: Estonia's power output per year raised from 190 million KWh in 1940 to 16,712 million in 1975.It has been estimated that the GDP per capita of Estonia in year 2003 was only one sixth of what it would likely have been if the occupation had not occurred.The Soviet rule significantly slowed Estonia's economic growth, resulting in a wide 'wealth gap' in comparison with its neighboring countries that went free of Soviet yoke (e.The economic damages directly attributable to the second Soviet occupation (from 1945 to 1991) have been estimated to lie in the range of hundreds of billions of dollars