This article analyses the changes in social space, based on perceptions of individuals in a transition country, Estonia. The marxist approach to social space is used as a theoretical framework. The article origilaes from the permise that the changes in individual's conceptual apparatus are needed for keeping up with spatial developments related to capitalism. Analysis of empirical data collected in 2008 focuses on patterns of spatial perceptions of three generations of the two main ethno-linguistic groups in Estonia, the estonian ethnic majority and the russian-speaking minority. The results show perception of space is significantly correlated with indices of everyday social and cultural practices and individual welath and reveal the geographical and ideological division of the world as seen by the inhabitants of a transition country. The article suggests transition has caused spatial disruption particularly amongst the ethnic minority. Increasing ethnic differences from one generation to another infers increasing societal inequality. The quid pro quo relationship between geopolitical changes and economic transition at the individual level is consequently more clearly defined