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2 days ago · A cultural movement sprang forth to adopt the use of Estonian as the language of instruction in schools, all-Estonian song festivals were held regularly after 1869, and a national literature in Estonian developed. Kalevipoeg, Estonia's national epic, was published in 1861 in both Estonian and German.
4 days ago · An Estonian National Council, which came to be known as the Maapäev, met on July 14 and on October 12 appointed a provisional government with Päts as premier. The November coup d’état that brought the Bolsheviks into power in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) made itself felt in Estonia.
2 days ago · Estonia has been dominated by foreign powers through much of its history. In 1940 it was forcibly incorporated into the U.S.S.R. as one of its constituent republics. Estonia remained a Soviet republic until 1991, when, along with the other Baltic states, it declared its independence.
4 days ago · Background. After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union and has since joined NATO, the EU, and the OECD.
5 days ago · The war refugees who had left Estonia during World War II gave visibility and also strength to these political demands and messages. More than 80,000 refugees were scattered all over the world. In order to unite them, the Estonian World Council was established, along with the Estonian National Fund to finance joint foreign policy actions.
History. Human settlement in the country began when the ice sheets retreated at the end of the last glacial period 13,000 years ago. Simple tools and later Bronze and Iron Age relics have been discovered at locations across Estonia. Throughout its long history, the country has endured centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule.
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4 days ago · Background. After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940 -- an action never recognized by the US and many other countries -- it regained its freedom in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
