ESTONIAESTONIA- 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 ESTONIAKADRINACAPITAL TALLINN

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

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 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

EESTI RAHAESTONIAN MONEY

1 EUR = 15,6466 EEK

EESTI RAHVARIIDED ESTONIAN NATIONAL COSTUMES