* 1941 – Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.

* In another Baltic-Finnic language, Estonian, it is called the West Sea ( Läänemeri ), with the correct geography ( the sea is west of Estonia ).

The Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) is a loose alliance or confederation consisting of 10 of the 15 former Soviet Republics, the exceptions being Turkmenistan ( a CIS associate member ), Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Georgia.

Population censuses have been taken in Estonia in 1881, 1897, 1922, 1934, 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2000, and is being taken in January 2012.

The responsible institution is the Statistics Estonia.

Though no historical support exists for the flag story in the Fellin battle either, it is not difficult to understand how a small and unknown place is replaced with the much grander battle of Reval ( Tallinn ) from the Estonia campaign of King Valdemar II.

It is not mentioned in connection to the campaign of King Valdemar II in Estonia, but in connection with a campaign in Russia.

It is believed that the name of the capital of Estonia, Tallinn, came into existence after the battle.

In Estonia it is the Danish colours, and in Jerusalem the English colours.

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.

Estonia is a flat country covering.

Estonia is covered by about of forest.

Located in central Estonia, Võrtsjärv is the second-largest lake ().

A small, recent cluster of meteorite craters, the largest of which is called Kaali are found near Saaremaa, Estonia.

Environment – current issues: air heavily polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast ; contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products, chemicals at former Soviet military bases ; Estonia has more than 1, 400 natural and artificial lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas are heavily affected by organic waste ; coastal sea water is polluted in many locations.

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.

While there are other European countries like Estonia with a birthrate that is at less than replacement levels, Estonia lacks the immigration found, for example, in Germany.

According to data from Statistics Estonia, the population of Estonia is shrinking.

While there are other European countries like Estonia with a birthrate that is below replacement levels, Estonia lacks immigration to compensate for the negative natural growth.

Barclay de Tolly, a member of the Scottish Clan Barclay, was born in Pamūšis, Courland and Semigallia ( in present-day Pakruojis region, Šiauliai County, Lithuania ) and raised in Jõgeveste, Livonia, Russian Empire ( currently in Estonia ).

After 1991 there have also been some disputes about the Estonian-Russian border in the Narva area, as the new constitution of Estonia ( adopted in 1992 ) recognizes the 1920 Treaty of Tartu border to be currently legal.

ELSA currently has members and observers in: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

Loesje is currently active in over 30 countries to some extent including Argentina, Armenia, Bosnia, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States of America.

The show currently airs daily at 3am in the United Kingdom on the Living Channel and on late Saturday evenings in Finland and northern parts of Estonia on Finnish YLE TV2.

Russia currently borders two eurozone members, Finland and Estonia.

Estonia is currently ranked 17 ( of 178 economies ) on the ease of doing business index.

After the restoration of Estonian independence in 1991, there have been some disputes about the Estonian-Russian border in the Narva area, as the new constitution of Estonia ( adopted in 1992 ) recognizes the 1920 Treaty of Tartu border to be currently legal.

It is also currently aired on several MTV channels, including MTV Latin America, MTV Latvia, MTV Estonia and others.

In Estonia Meeletu Maailm ( Maximum Exposure ) is currently being aired on TV6.

Tallink () is an Estonian shipping company currently operating Baltic Sea cruiseferries and ropax ships from Estonia to Finland, Estonia to Sweden, Latvia to Sweden and Finland to Germany.

They are ranked twenty-third in the world currently, just behind Estonia and ahead of Jamaica in the world rankings.

It currently operates approximately 270 stores in 19 countries: Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Israel, Bulgaria, Russia, Austria, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Belarus, Albania, Latvia, Estonia, Malta, Ukraine, Serbia, and Germany.

The results of the radical reforms have been recognized by Transparency International ( which ranked Estonia the least corrupt country in the post-communist region ), the Heritage Foundation / Wall Street Journal ( whose index qualified Estonia as the most economically free in all of Europe ), the United Nations Development Program ( whose Human Development Index measured Estonia ’ s rapid rise in such quality-of-life parameters as education, health, income and environment ), and the Cato Institute, which awarded Laar the Cato Institute's Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty in 2006.

* 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German – Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia, from invading Soviet troops.

When Estonia was invaded and occupied by the Soviet Union in World War II, the status of the Estonian language changed to the first of two official languages ( Russian being the other one ).

* 1918 – Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

* 1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.

* 1944 – World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.

Germany's defeat in World War I – marked by the armistice with the Allies on 11 November 1918 at Compiègne – made it possible for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Poland to become independent sovereign states.

After World War II started, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union ( USSR ) in 1940, and later occupied by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944.

At the end of Estonian War of Independence following World War I, a peace treaty between the Bolsheviks and Estonia was signed on 2 February 1920 in Tartu.

Border changes of Estonia after World War II

In World War II Estonia had suffered huge losses.

MSO London is a truly global event, and the 2010 Pentamind World Champion Paco Garcia De La Banda hails from Spain, while the 2011 Pentamind World Champion Andres Kuusk is from Estonia.

On the eve of the German occupation of Estonia in World War I the council elected the Estonian Salvation Committee and issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence on February 24, 1918.

The Ju 52 was a bona fide commercial success, with over 400 airplanes delivered to various airlines around the world prior to the outbreak of World War II, including the countries of: Finland, Sweden, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, South Africa, Denmark, Norway, Italy, UK, Belgium, Hungary, Estonia, Greece, Spain, and of course, Germany.

Similar militias existed in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, lands that, like Finland, were under Russian sovereignty until the end of World War I.

The same year the series began airing on the Sleuth network in United States until 2008, and now episodes air on the Centric network, MBC Action in the Arab World, Iris in Italy, Viasat TV6 in Sweden, Viasat 3 + in Denmark, TV7 in Bulgaria, TV3 in Estonia, ZDF in Germany, and 111 Hits in Australia.

Narva became part of independent Estonia in 1918 following World War I.

The town became part of independent Estonia in 1918 following World War I.

It was expected that the winner of this tournament would be the challenger for the World Champion title, in a match against World Champion Alexander Alekhine, but the outbreak of the Second World War, especially because of the first occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in 1940 – 1941, brought negotiations with Alekhine to an end.

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

During World War II, Keres participated in several tournaments in European regions under German occupation including those Nazi-organized ( 1942 Tallinn, Salzburg, Munich, 1943 Prague, Posen, Salzburg, Reval ), and when the Soviets occupied Estonia in 1944, he unsuccessfully attempted to escape to western Europe.

The idea comprised the lands in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Belarus and included the creation of a Duchy of Courland and a Duchy of Estonia and Livonia that would be in personal union with the Crown of Prussia under the German Empire's occupied territory Ober Ost before the end of World War I covering the territories of the Medieval Livonia what are now Latvia and Estonia.