ESTONIA ESTONIA- MY HOMELAND

General information: AREA POPULATION CAPITAL LANGUAGE CURRENCY MAIN RELIGION NATIONAL HOLIDAY NATIONAL FLOWER NATIONAL BIRD NATIONAL STONE 45,227 SQ KM 1.4 MILLION TALLINN ESTONIAN EESTI KROON (EEK) LUTHERAN ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC CORNFLOWER BARN SWALLOW LIMESTONE

THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA

THE MAP OF ESTONIA KADRINA CAPITAL TALLINN

St. Petersburg – 330 km Moscow – 1040 km Copenhagen – 820 km TALLINN Helsinki – 85 km Vilnius – 520 km Riga – 280 km Berlin – 830 km London – 1770 km Stockholm – 375 km

ESTONIAN PRESIDENT MR TOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES MR AND MRS PRESIDENT

COUNTRY’S BIRTHDAY 24 FEBRUARY 1918

SYMBOLS HÜMN “MU ISAMAA, MU ÕNN JA RÕÕM” (NATIONAL ANTHEM “MY FATHERLAND, MY HAPPINESS AND JOY “)

THE ESTONIAN COAT OF ARMS THE OLDEST KNOWN IMPRINT OF THE SEAL WITH THREE LIONS DATES BACK TO 1294, GIVEN TO TALLINN BY KING WALDEMAR II OF DENMARK THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE COAT OF ARMS WAS ADOPTED ON JUNE 19, 1925

THE ESTONIAN NATIONAL FLAG Sinine - taevas, meri, usaldus ja truudus Blue – sky, sea, trust and loyalty Must - muld, rahvariiete must kuub Black – earth, the black coat of traditional costume Valge - püüe valguse, hariduse poole White – the strive for light and education

RAHVUSLIND SUITSUPÄÄSUKE TEGIN PÜKSID, TEGIN PÜKSID, KAKS REIT KORRAGA, TÕMMASIN LÕHKI KAKÄRR! THE NATIONAL BIRD OF ESTONIA - BARN SWALLOW

RAHVUSLILL RUKKILILL SAI EESTI RAHVUSLILLEKS AASTAL WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE NATIONAL FLOWER IN 1968 RUKKILILL SEE PUHASSININE ÕIEKE KIIKUMAS KULDSES LEIVAVILJAS RUKKIS THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF ESTONIA - CORNFLOWER

RAHVUSKIVI PAEKIVI THE NATIONAL STONE - LIMESTONE LEIDUB ROHKESTI EESTIMAA PÕHJAOSAS JA SAARTEL TO BE FOUND IN QUANTITIES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF ESTONIA AND ON THE ISLANDS

RAHVUSEEPOS “KALEVIPOEG” EESTI ENNEMUISTNE JUTT, MILLE KOOSTAS FR. R. KREUTZWALD AN OLD ESTONIAN TALE COMPILED BY FR. R. KREUTZWALD

EESTI RAHA ESTONIAN MONEY 1 EUR = 15,6466 EEK

EESTI RAHVARIIDED ESTONIAN NATIONAL COSTUMES