Estonia. Information.
ESTONIA (EESTI), Estonian Republic - state in East Europe. Area is 45 226 sq. km. Population is 1 431 471. A Capital is Tallinn. On east Estonia borders with Russia. On south Estonia borders with Latvia Estonians are one of the longest settled European peoples, lived on the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea over 5,000 years ago. In the Middle Ages Estonia also managed to remain nominally independent from the Vikings to the west and Kievan Rus to the east, subject only to occasional forced tribute collections. However, the Danes conquered Tallinn, and in 1227 the German crusading order of the Sword Brethren defeated the last Estonian stronghold; the people were Christianized, colonized, and enserfed. In 1625, mainland Estonia came entirely under Swedish rule. The Swedish defeat resulting in the 1721 Treaty of Nystad imposed Russian rule in what became modern Estonia. With the collapse of the Russian empire in World War I, Russia's Provisional Government granted national autonomy to Estonia. Independence lasted twenty-two years. After extensive diplomatic intrigue, the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed on July 21, 1940, one month after Estonia was occupied by Soviet troops. The ESSR was formally accepted into the Soviet Union on August 6. Following Europe's lead, the U.S. formally reestablished diplomatic relations with Estonia on September 2, and the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet offered recognition on September 6. Money system: 1 Estonian krown = 100 sents.
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