Wikipedia portal for content related to Estonia
Welcome to the Estonian Portal Eesti portaali
Estonia Republic of Estonia , is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe . It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland , to the west by the sea across from Sweden , to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia . The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland , the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa , and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,335 square kilometres (17,504 sq mi). Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas . The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the majority of the population of 1.4 million.
Present-day Estonia has been inhabited by humans since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the 13th century. After more than six centuries of rule by the Teutonic Order , Denmark , Sweden , and the Russian Empire , a distinct Estonian national identity began to reemerge in the mid-19th century. This culminated in the 1918 Estonian Declaration of Independence from the then-warring Russian and German empires. Democratic throughout most of the interwar period , Estonia declared neutrality at the outbreak of World War II , however the country was repeatedly contested, invaded, and occupied ; first by the Soviet Union in 1940 , then Nazi Germany in 1941, and ultimately reoccupied in 1944 by, and annexed into, the USSR as an administrative subunit (Estonian SSR ). Throughout the 1944–91 Soviet occupation, Estonia's de jure state continuity was preserved by diplomatic representatives and the government-in-exile . Following the 1988–90 "Singing Revolution " against Soviet rule, the nation's full independence was restored on 20 August 1991 .
Estonia is a developed country with a high-income advanced economy . It is a democratic unitary parliamentary republic , administratively subdivided into 15 maakond (counties) . It is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO . Estonia has consistently ranked highly in international rankings for quality of life , education , press freedom , digitalisation of public services and the prevalence of technology companies. (Full article...
Fragments of the Wanradt–Koell Catechism (1535), the first book printed in Estonian The history of Estonia forms a part of the history of Europe . Human settlement in what is now Estonia became possible 13,000–11,000 years ago, after the ice from the last glacial era had melted, and signs of the first permanent population in the region date from around 9000 BCE.
The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the 13th century. After the crusaders had conquered the area by 1227, Estonia was ruled initially by the King of Denmark in the north (until 1345), and until 1559 by the Teutonic Order , and by the ecclesiastical states of the Holy Roman Empire , which from 1418 to 1562 covered the whole of Estonia, forming a part of the Livonian Confederation . After 1559, Estonia became part of the Kingdom of Sweden until 1710, when the Tsardom of Russia (Muscovy) conquered the entire area during the Great Northern War of 1700–1721. Throughout this period the local local German-speaking nobility enjoyed significant autonomy, and High German (earlier also Low German and Latin ) served as the main language of administration and education. (Full article...
The following are images from various Estonia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 The Estonian Army High Command in 1920 (from
History of Estonia )
Image 2 Comb Ceramic pottery at the Estonian History Museum (from
Ancient Estonia )
Image 3 Estonian farmers drinking (vodka) in an
inn , by
Oskar Hoffmann (painter) , 1899. (from
Culture of Estonia )
Image 4 Hermann Castle , Narva, was one of the Teutonic Order's castles in Estonia. (from
History of Estonia )
Image 5 Registration card for Estonian citizenship from 1989 (from
History of Estonia )
Image 6 Comb Ceramic pottery at the Estonian History Museum (from
History of Estonia )
Image 7 Soviet prison doors on display in the Museum of Occupations, Tallinn (from
History of Estonia )
Image 8 A moment before the opening of the 25th
Estonian Song Festival (2009) at the Tallinn Song Festival grounds. (from
Culture of Estonia )
Image 9 From
Dirham hoards in Estonia, 8th–11th centuries. (from
Ancient Estonia )
Image 10 Estonian Soviet politician
Johannes Käbin led the
Estonian Communist Party from 1950 to 1978 (from
History of Estonia )
Image 12 Stone Cist Graves from The Bronze Age in Northern Estonia (from
Ancient Estonia )
Image 13 Livonian Confederation in the 15th century (from
History of Estonia )
Image 14 Dannebrog falling from the sky during the
Battle of Lindanise , 1219 (from
History of Estonia )
Image 15 Corded Ware culture pottery and stone axes, at the EHM (from
History of Estonia )
Image 16 Estonian
folk music performers dressed in 19th-century festive
folk costumes (from
Culture of Estonia )
Image 17 Tartu University (Universität Dorpat) in 1860, during its 'Golden Age' (from
History of Estonia )
Image 20 Estonia's greatest territorial extent ever, reached during its War of Independence, marked by the light blue line on the map. (from
History of Estonia )
Image 23 Outline of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (from
History of Estonia )
Image 24 Corded Ware culture pottery and stone axes at the Estonian History Museum. (from
Ancient Estonia )
Image 25 Counties of Ancient Estonia in the beginning of the 13th century. (from
Ancient Estonia )
Image 27 Map of
Varbola Stronghold by L. A. Mellin (from
History of Estonia )
Image 28 Europe in the 9th century (from
History of Estonia )
Image 29 The Swedish Empire, 1560–1815 (from
History of Estonia )
Image 30 Estonian President
Kersti Kaljulaid with Russian President
Vladimir Putin in April 2019 (from
History of Estonia )
Image 31 Stone
cist graves from the Bronze Age in northern Estonia (from
History of Estonia )
Image 32 Tallinn, 28 August 1941 (from
History of Estonia )
Image 33 Tools made by Kunda culture, the
Estonian History Museum (from
Ancient Estonia )
Image 34 Europe in 19th century (from
History of Estonia )
Image 36 Artifacts of the hoard from Kumna, Estonia (from
Ancient Estonia )
Image 37 Ancient Estonia until 21 September 1217 (from
History of Estonia )
Image 38 Varbola ruins (from
Ancient Estonia )
Image 40 Public education systems founded during prior Swedish rule made Estonia and Finland the two most literate areas of
Russian Empire (map of
1897 census literacy data) (from
Culture of Estonia )
Image 41 Public education systems founded during prior Swedish rule made Estonia and Finland the two most literate areas of
Russian Empire (map of
1897 census literacy data) (from
History of Estonia )
Image 42 Toompea castle – the seat of the
Riigikogu (from
History of Estonia )
Image 43 Fragments of the
Wanradt–Koell Catechism (1535), the first book printed in
Estonian (from
History of Estonia )
Image 44 Tools made by
Kunda culture , the Estonian History Museum (from
History of Estonia )
Image 45 Livonia, as shown in the map of 1573 of Joann Portantius (from
History of Estonia )
Select [►] to view subcategories
_Johannes_K%C3%A4bin.jpg)
.svg)
_02.jpg)
.jpg)
