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Location: Eastern Europe,
bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia
Lowest point: Baltic Sea 0
m
Highest point: Suur Munamagi
318 m
Capital: Tallinn
Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
13.6%, Orthodox 12.8%, other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day
Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 1.4%, unaffiliated 34.1%, other
and unspecified 32%, none 6.1%
Languages Spoken: Estonian
(official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%,
other 2.3%, unknown 0.7%
See also: Languages
spoken in Europe, Languages of
the world
Information & Brief History
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. Since the last Russian troops left in
1994, Estonia has been free to promote economic and political ties with
Western Europe. It joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004
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Estonia