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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
St. Petersburg – 330 km
Moscow – 1040 kmCopenhagen – 820 km
TALLINN
Helsinki – 85 km
Vilnius – 520 km
Riga – 280 km
Berlin – 830 km
London – 1770 km
Stockholm – 375 km
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 truudusBlue – sky, sea, trust and loyalty
Must - muld, rahvariiete must kuubBlack – earth, the black coat of traditional costume
Valge - püüe valguse, hariduse pooleWhite – 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 1969. AASTALWAS ANNOUNCED AS THE NATIONAL FLOWER IN 1968
RUKKILILLSEE PUHASSININE ÕIEKE KIIKUMAS KULDSES LEIVAVILJAS RUKKIS
THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF ESTONIA - CORNFLOWER
RAHVUSKIVI PAEKIVITHE 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