ESTONIA

Name:	Estonia (Estonian Republic)
Local name (Estonian):	Eesti (Eesti Vabariik)
Bordering countries:	Latvia, Russia
Status:	sovereign state
Surface:	45.2 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):	1 409 ths.
Capital:	Tallinn
Official language:	Estonian

Current national symbols

Historical symbols:

Estonia in the Russian Empire (1721-1918)

Baltic Duchy (1918)

Estonian Labour Commune (1918-1919)

Estonian Republic (1919-1940)

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1991)

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