Eesti Vabariik on riik Põhja- Euroopas, mis piirneb läänest ja põhjast Läänemerega (sealhulgas põhjast Soome lahega), lõunast Lätiga ja idast Venemaaga. Üle Soome lahe põhja pool on Soome, üle Läänemere lääne pool on Rootsi.
Võro
Eesti - Eesti Vabariik om väiku riik Õuruupan, mink ümbre om õdagu ja põh'a puul Õdagumeri (põh'an Soomõ laht'), lõunõ puul Läti ja hummogu puul Vinnemaa.
Other languages
Svenska: Estland, officiellt Republiken Estland, är en republik i Baltikum i nordöstra Europa. Landet gränsar till Lettland i söder, Ryssland i öster och har maritim gräns mot Finland och Sverige. Deutsch: Estland ist ein Staat in Nordeuropa und das nördlichste Land des Baltikums. Es grenzt im Süden an Lettland, im Osten an Russland sowie im Norden und Westen an die Ostsee.
The Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariik) is a country in Northern Europe. Estonia has land borders to the south with ► Latvia and ► Russia to the east. It is separated from ► Finland in the north by the narrow Gulf of Finland and from ► Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea.
Эстонская Республика — государство на северо-восточном побережье Балтийского моря. На востоке граничит с Россией, на юге — с Латвией..
Short name
Estonia
Official name
Republic of Estonia
Status
Independent country from 1918, subject to soviet and nazi military occupation from 1940 to 1991, regained indipendence in 1991. Member of the ► European Union since 2004
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Estonia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Estonia.
Estonia seceded from Russia in 1918. Independent Estonia and surroundings in 1920
Estonia in 1925
Soviet invasion to Estonia, 1940
Battles in Estonia, 1941
Reichskommissariat Ostland, 1942-1943
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Battles in Estonia, 1944
Location of Estonia in the USSR
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Map of the 1974 geographic location of various ethnic groups within the Soviet Union
Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989
Border changes
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Estonia shortly after losing independence
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
Livonia, as shown in a 16th century map.
Livonia, Estonia and Courland in 1662 by Joan Blaeu.
Livonia and Courland in 1705 by Frederik de Wit.
Estonia in 1925
Satellite maps
Satellite photo Estonia
Satellite map
Notes and references
General remarks:
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↑Romanization of Russian according to the BGN/PCGN standard: Estoniya - Estonskaya Respublika. Another used romanization is the ISO 9 standard.