On 22 August 1991, Iceland became the first nation to recognise the newly restored independence of Estonia.

Estonia had been under Russian control when Keres was born in 1916, but it was an independent nation between the two World Wars.

* Estonia, a nation in northern Europe

Contributing nations: Belgium, Denmark, France ( Lead nation ), Greece, Estonia, Luxembourg, Morocco.

According to the 2011 census Srinagar district has a population of 1, 269, 751, roughly equal to the nation of Estonia or the US state of New Hampshire.

The representatives of the ENC had participated in 1000 international conferences, working for breaking the wesward advance of communist totalitarism and preserving Estonian national identity in anticipation of the time when Estonia would be again free nation which occurred after the collapse of Soviet Union.

In 1940, Latvia was annexed by the Soviet Union ; the country regained its independence in 1991 and played their first match as a new nation against Estonia on 16 November of that year in the Baltic Cup, and their first FIFA-recognized match against Romania on 8 April 1992 in Bucharest, a match, which Latvia lost 2 – 0.

Estonia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, its second entry as an independent nation since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

He visits with Estonians who sing a song, dreaming of the day when Estonia would again be a free nation.

Estonia, the closest and numerically largest " kindred nation ", had gained its independence at the same time, but had fewer resources, fewer institutions ready to support its attained position, and more Russian troops inside its borders.

Overall, the quality of life indices for Estonia are reflective of a modern industrial state, with one major exception: The population of Estonia is shrinking.

Estonia does not have a state church ; religious freedom is guaranteed by the constitution.

Estonian went back to being the only state language in Estonia.

** Cold War: Estonia restores the formal name of the country, the Republic of Estonia, as well as the state emblems ( the coat of arms, the flag and the anthem ).

Being conquered by Danes and Germans in 1227, Estonia was ruled initially by Denmark in the north, by the Livonian Order, an autonomous part of the Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights and Baltic German ecclesiastical states of the Holy Roman Empire.

Estonia underwent a number of economic, social, and political reforms necessary to come to terms with its new status as a sovereign state.

From the very first days of her existence as a state, Estonia showed her tolerance towards all the peoples inhabiting her territories.

Since the debates about whether the future independent Estonia would be established as a new republic or a continuation of the first republic were not yet complete by the time of the August coup, while the members of the Supreme Soviet generally agreed that independence should be declared rapidly, a compromise was hatched between the two main sides: instead of " declaring " independence, which would imply a new start, or explicitly asserting continuity, the declaration would " confirm " Estonia as a state independent of the Soviet Union, and willing to reestablish diplomatic relations of its own accord.

The puppet-state was very swiftly merged with another German puppet state, the Baltic State Duchy, and German-occupied territories of Russian Empire in Livonia and Estonia, into a multi-ethnic United Baltic Duchy, another German puppet-state.

In the course of the war, the state was divided between Denmark ( which took Ösel ), Sweden ( which took Estonia ), Poland ( which took Livland ), and Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a vassal state of Poland-Lithuania.

* KAPO or KaPo, an acronym for Kaitsepolitsei, the state security agency of Estonia

Initial Soviet occupations of the Baltic countries had occurred in mid-June 1940, when Soviet NKVD troops raided border posts in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, followed by the liquidation of state administrations and replacement by Soviet cadres.

Unlike his father, who had been satisfied with ruling an independent state, Eric tried to expand his influence in the Baltic region and in Estonia, making Sweden a great power.

Land value taxes have been implemented in Taiwan ( Republic of China ), Hong Kong, Singapore, Russia and Estonia, as well as in some localities in the American state of Pennsylvania, the Australian state of New South Wales and Mexicali, in Mexico.

Yet, the people of Estonia could often hear the melody, as Finland's state broadcaster Yleisradio, whose radio and television broadcasts were received in Northern Estonia, played an instrumental version of the Finnish national anthem, identical to this song ( except for an additional repetition of the last verse in the Finnish version ), at closedown every night.

The national Coat of Arms of Estonia, three blue lions on a golden shield, is almost identical to the Coat of Arms of Denmark, and its origin can be traced directly back to King Valdemar II and Danish rule in Estonia 1219-1346.

Since 1990, Estonia lost about 15 % of its population ( 230, 000 people ).

Today's Republic of Estonia regards itself as a continuation of the 1918-1940 republic, which gained its independence from the Russian Empire on 24 February 1918.

Through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latvia maintains embassies in Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, the People's Republic of China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uzbekistan.

Estonia is represented in Luxembourg through its embassy in Brussels ( Belgium ) and an honorary consulate in Luxembourg.

Luxembourg is represented in Estonia through its embassy in Prague ( Czech Republic ).

The Brotherhood had its headquarters at Fellin ( Viljandi ) in present-day Estonia, where the walls of the Master's castle stand.

Because of its mild maritime climate and a variety of soils, Saaremaa has a rich flora, illustrated by the fact that 80 % of the plant species found in Estonia are represented here.

Air Maintenance Estonia has its facilities and headquarters on the airport property.

Since Estonia regained its independence in 1991, the old town centre is being renovated.

* February 24 – After 7 centuries of foreign rule, Estonia declares its independence from the Russian Empire.

* March 30 – Cold War: After its first free elections during the Soviet era on March 18, Estonia declares Soviet rule to have been illegal since 1940.

* April 23 – The Constituent Assembly of Estonia convenes its first session.

** Estonia holds a referendum on its constitution, that will come into effect on July 3.

* January 1 – Estonia changes its currency from the mark to the kroon.

* August 20 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Estonia declares its independence from the Soviet Union, and more than 100, 000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup that deposed President Mikhail Gorbachev.

* February 8 – Estonia emancipates its peasants from serfdom.

Denmark sold its portion of Northern Estonia to the Livonian Order of the Teutonic Knights after finally quelling the St. George's Night Uprising.

The Kunda Culture received its name from the Lammasmäe settlement site in northern Estonia, which dates from earlier than 8500 BC.

By the end of the period three clearly defined tribal dialectical areas: Northern Estonia, Southern Estonia, and Western Estonia including the islands had emerged, the population of each having formed its own understanding of identity.