Estonia is my homeby Hendrik, Maarja, Kristjan (6. class) and Kaimo (5. class)

tutor: Miss Kersti

Estonia is small – distance between A and B on this map is

only 372 km That is about 6 hour driving with car.

Or having a nice walk 2,5 days

*Estonians arrived to

Baltic shore right after

ice-age

*Fortunately they didn´t across the

sea

like some other finno-ugric nations did

Is life really possible so far north?

Yes!!! And as you can clearly see – not only life but high-level civilization too

From 1219 to 1918 we experienced power of very different rulers

Can you identifysome of the

flags of previous rulers of

Estonia? Hint:

You can see answers in the end

of this slide

Starting from the top left: Denmark, Teutonic Order, Moscovia,Rzeczpospolita,Sweden, Russia After 1939: Third

Reich, Soviet Union

Feb. 24-th 1918

independence - yippee!!!!

...wait a minute...Some more strange flags from

1939 - 1991

Since 1991:

Since 2004 is our FREE choice:

Density of inhabitants is not very big – so we have

a lot of wilderness

Our capital is Tallinn – The City of Danes

Denmark got its flag in 1219 Lyndanise battle near current Tallinn

Tartu is the oldest town of Baltic states

First mentioned by Yaroslav the Wise in 1030 who conquered estonian stronghood Tarbatu and renamed it as Jurjev

Estonians are finno-ugric people Finno-ugric family map:

We love our home