A report on Estonia

Iron Age artefacts of a hoard from Kumna

Independent counties of Ancient Estonia in the beginning of the 13th century

Medieval Estonia and Livonia after the crusade

Kuressaare Castle in Saaremaa dates back to the 1380s

"Academia Dorpatensis" (now University of Tartu) was founded in 1632 by King Gustavus as the second university in the kingdom of Sweden. After the king's death it became known as "Academia Gustaviana".

Carl Robert Jakobson played a key role in the Estonian national awakening.

Declaration of Independence in Pärnu on 23 February 1918. One of the first images of the Republic.

Estonian armoured train during the Estonian War of Independence

According to the 23 August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact "the Baltic States (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)" were divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence" (German copy)

The Red Army troops crossing Soviet-Estonian border in October 1939 after Estonia had been forced to sign the Bases Treaty

The capital Tallinn after bombing by the Soviet Air Force during the war on the Eastern Front in March 1944

Estonian Swedes fleeing the Soviet occupation to Sweden (1944)

The blue-black-white flag of Estonia was raised again on the top of the Pikk Hermann tower on February 24, 1989.

The barn swallow (H. r. rustica) is the national bird of Estonia.

Haanja Nature reserve where violations of Natura 2000 area logging is taking place.

The seat of the Parliament of Estonia in Toompea Castle

Building of the Supreme Court of Estonia in Tartu

US President Barack Obama giving a speech at the Nordea Concert Hall in Tallinn

Foreign ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries in Riga, 2016

Estonian soldiers during a NATO exercise in 2015

KAPO (Kaitsepolitsei) headquarters in Kassisaba, Kesklinn, Tallinn

An Estonian Patria Pasi XA-180 in Afghanistan

A proportional representation of Estonia exports, 2019

The central business district of Tallinn

Real GPD per capita development of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Estonia's GDP growth from 2000 till 2012

The oil shale industry in Estonia is one of the most developed in the world. In 2012, oil shale supplied 70% of Estonia's total primary energy and accounted for 4% of Estonia's gross domestic product.

Graphical depiction of Estonia's product exports in 28 colour-coded categories

Population of Estonia 1960–2019. The changes are largely attributed to Soviet immigration and emigration.

A Russian Old Believer village with a church on Piirissaar island

Ruhnu stave church, built in 1644, is the oldest surviving wooden building in Estonia

Distribution of Finnic languages in Northern Europe

The University of Tartu is one of the oldest universities in Northern Europe and the highest-ranked university in Estonia. According to the Top Universities website, the University of Tartu ranks 285th in the QS Global World Ranking.

Building of the Estonian Students' Society in Tartu. It is considered to be the first example of Estonian national architecture. The Treaty of Tartu between Finland and Soviet Russia was signed in the building in 1920.

ESTCube-1 is the first Estonian satellite.

The Estonian Song Festival is UNESCO's Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Arvo Pärt was the world's most performed living composer from 2010 to 2018.

Jaan Kross is the most translated Estonian writer.

A traditional farmhouse built in the Estonian vernacular style

Mulgipuder, a national dish of Estonia made with potatoes, groats, and meat. It is very traditional food in the southern part of Estonia.

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Pärnu (river)

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The river in Pärnu, near its discharge into the Baltic Sea

The river as it flows past the manor house in Laupa

The Pärnu (Pärnu jõgi) is a river in Estonia.

Location of Pulli (near Sindi), in Estonia

Pulli settlement

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Pulli settlement, located on the right bank of the Pärnu River, is the oldest known human settlement in Estonia.

The Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, shown (red, upper left, across the Estonian mainland and the islands of Dagö (Hiiumaa) and Ösel (Saaremaa)) within the Livonian Confederation, 1260

The Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek (Saare-Lääne piiskopkond; Bistum Ösel–Wiek; Low German: Bisdom Ösel–Wiek; contemporary Ecclesia Osiliensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese and semi-independent prince-bishopric (part of Terra Mariana, i.e. Livonia) in the Holy Roman Empire, covering what are now Saare, Hiiu, Lääne counties and the western part of Pärnu county of Estonia.

Swedish towns and villages in Western Estonia

Estonian Swedes

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Traditional Swedish Sprachraum, with dialects marked.

The Swedish Empire in 1658, including the Dominion of Swedish Estonia and the Dominion of Swedish Livonia (now southern Estonia).

Maria Murman (1911-2004), an Estonian Swede who remained in Estonia after the Second World War, in Vormsi (Ormsö), 1994.

An older Swedish map of the West Estonian archipelago, in which the Estonian Swedish population was concentrated.

The Estonian Swedes, Estonia-Swedes (estlandssvenskar, "Estonia Swedes", colloquially aibofolke, "Island People"; eestirootslased), or Coastal Swedes (rannarootslased) are a Swedish-speaking minority traditionally residing in the coastal areas and islands of what is now western and northern Estonia.

Poster denouncing the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

Baltic Way

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Peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989.

Baltic Way demonstration in Šiauliai. The coffins are decorated with national flags of the three Baltic states and are placed under Soviet and Nazi flags.

Litas commemorative coin dedicated to the Baltic Way

Diagram assigning each city and town a stretch of the road to cover

People carried portable radios to coordinate the efforts and badges to show unity of the three states

The 23 August 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided "the Baltic States (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)" into German and Soviet "spheres of influence" (German copy)

Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 690 km across the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which at the time were occupied and annexed by the USSR.

Riigikogu

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Parliament building in Toompea Castle: the seat of the Parliament.

The Riigikogu (from riigi-, of the state, and kogu, assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia.

Jüri Uluots

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Jüri Uluots (13 January 1890 – 9 January 1945) was an Estonian prime minister, journalist, prominent attorney and distinguished Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu.

Jaan Tõnisson

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Tõnisson, sentenced to three months in prison for signing the Vyborg Appeal, goes to the sauna before being remanded to prison in 1908

Jaan Tõnisson (left) with Estonian General Gustav Jonson in 1938

Jaan Tõnisson (22 December 1868, – 1941?) was an Estonian statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Estonia twice during 1919 to 1920, as State Elder (head of state and government) from 1927 to 1928 and in 1933, and as Foreign Minister of Estonia from 1931 to 1932.

Estonian Diplomatic Service (1940–1991)

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Estonia was occupied on 17 June 1940, by Red Army troops and was forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union on 6 August 1940.

Bishopric of Dorpat

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Medieval prince-bishopric, i.e. both a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church and a temporal principality ruled by the bishop of the diocese.

Tartu Cathedral, today in ruins, was the seat of the Bishop of Dorpat (Tartu).

It existed from 1224 to 1558, generally encompassing the area that now comprises Tartu County, Põlva County, Võru County, and Jõgeva County in Estonia.