Estonia Short History for you all:Estonians speak a Finno-Ugrian language closely related to Finnish, and distantly to Hungarian. Estonian has no relation to Russian, German, English or any of the Indo-European language family. Estonia was first settled in 2,000 B.C. and remained a independent nation until the 13th century A.D. In 1193 the Pope called for a crusade against the Baltics and the country was overrun by Danish and German knights by 1220. The situation oscillated many times until the Swedish kingdom took control of the majority of the country in 1561. Their rule lasted until 1710 when Estonia was given over to the Russian empire who ruled until 1918 when Estonian independence was asserted.
Freedom lasted until 1940 when the country was retaken under the pretense of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Stalinist regime. In the course of the war, Estonia fell under the occupation of Germany for three years. In 1944 Stalin retook the country, and the doors fell shut for the next fifty years. Estonia would not see independence again until 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended. Since the reestablishment of independence the nation has been rapidly transforming and adapting to the modern world. Today Estonia boasts the most successful economy of the former Soviet region.
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http://www.balticsww.com/tourist/estonia/history.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Estoniain wikipedia it is indetailed explain about decades.
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Independent Estonia
* 24 February 1918 Estonian Declaration of Independence
* 3 March 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Bolshevist Russia cedes sovereignty over Estonia to Germany
* 11 November 1918 Germans begin withdrawal and turn over power to the provisional government of Estonia (headed by Konstantin Päts)
* 1918-1920 Estonian War of Independence
* 22 November 1918 Estonia is invaded by Bolshevist Russian forces
* Jan 1919 Bolsheviks were driven out
* 10 October 1919 Agrarian Law passed redistributing many of the estates owned by Baltic Germans
* 2 February 1920 Treaty of Tartu which gave Estonia recognition by Soviet Russia
* June 15, 1920 Adoption of Constitution
* Sept 1922 Estonia joins League of Nations
* 14 October-16 1933 plebiscite in favour of constitutional reform giving wide powers to a new office of the president
* 24 January 1934 New constitution in effect and immediate attempt at a coup by the League of Liberators
* March 12, 1934 In the aftermath of the coup attempt, Konstantin Päts with the help of General Johan Laidoner set up a virtual dictatorship. Parliament was prorogued and political parties were banned. Many members of the Liberators were arrested.
* Dec 1935 another coup attempt by the Liberators
* 23 February-25 a second plebiscite on the constitution of 1934 and the vote was 3-1 in favour of getting rid of the 1934 constitution
* July 29, 1937 a new constitution in force with civil liberties and democracy restored but with a very strong presidency
* 24 February 1938 election sees National Front winning 63 seats and all the opposition winning 17 seats
* 24 April 1938 Konstantin Päts elected president
* 1938 - Kaarel Eenpalu becomes prime minister of Estonia
* 1939 - Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: Hitler and Stalin agree to divide Europe between themselves (Finland, Estonia, Latvia and eastern Poland to the USSR; Lithuania and western Poland to Germany).
* 1939 - Jüri Uluots becomes prime minister of Estonia.
* 1940 - Soviet Army enters Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia.
* 1940 - Estonian SSR, Latvian SSR and Lithuanian SSR are proclaimed.
* 1940 - Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR (August 5) and Estonian SSR (August 6) are incorporated into the Soviet Union.
* 1941 - Mass deportations by Soviet Union authorities take place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
* 1941 - World War II: German troops take over Estonia from the Soviets.
* 1941 - World War II: Luftwaffe bombing of an Estonian steamer with 3500 Soviet-mobilized Estonian men on board, killing 598 of them.
* 1941 - Self-government of Estonia, headed by Hjalmar Mäe, is appointed by German military administration.
* 1944 - WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Narva in Estonia, destroying almost the entire old town.
* 1944 - WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
* 1944 - WWII: Jüri Uluots, prime minister in capacity of president of Estonia, asks Otto Tief to form a government on the eve of the withdrawal of German forces; official gazette published proclaiming the Tief government.
* 1944 - Otto Tief attempts to organise the defence of Tallinn against the arrival of the Red Army two days later.
* 1944 - Otto Tief captured by Soviet forces; Jüri Uluots and members of the Tief government escape to Sweden.
* 1944 - The entire territory of Estonia is taken over by the Red Army.
* 1949 - An extensive deportation campaign was conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
* 1955 - Estonian Television (ETV) begins broadcasting.
* 1978 - The last Forest Brother guerilla movement fighter is discovered and killed in Estonia.
* 1980 - Youth riots in the capital of the Soviet Republic of Estonia are quickly forced down.
* 1988 - In Estonia, 300,000 demonstrate for independence.
* 1988 - The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
* 1988 - Estonian becomes the official language of Estonia.
* 1989 - After 44 years, the Estonian flag is raised on the Pikk Hermann castle tower.
* 1989 - Two million indigenous people of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, then still occupied by the Soviet Union, join hands to demand freedom and independence, forming an uninterrupted 600 km human chain called the Baltic Way.
* 1991 - Latvia and Estonia vote for independence from the Soviet Union.
* 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: Estonia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
* 1991 - The United States recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
* 1991 - The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic States.
* 1992 - In Estonia, the kroon replaces the Soviet ruble.
* 1992 - Estonia holds a referendum on its constitution.
* 1992 - Heinrich Mark and the government in exile appointed by him cede their credentials to the newly elected Riigikogu.
* 1992 - Lennart Meri becomes the first president of re-independent Estonia.
* 1994 - The Russian army leaves Estonia.
* 1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852.
* 2001 - 68 people die in Estonia after drinking bootleg alcohol that contained methanol.
* 2002 - Estonia hosts the first Eurovision Song Contest in a former Soviet republic.
* 2002 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit in Prague: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are invited to join NATO.
* 2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
* 2004 - The largest expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to date takes place, allowing Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the organization.
* 2004 - The largest expansion to date of the European Union takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.
* 2005 - The same storm which pounded the U.S. earlier in the month hits England, Scandinavia and the Baltic States, leaving 13 dead with widespread flooding and power cuts.
* 2005 - A passenger helicopter en route to Helsinki, Finland crashes into the sea near Tallinn, Estonia, killing 14.
* 2006 - Toomas Hendrik Ilves is elected President of Estonia.
* 2007 - Parliamentary elections take place in Estonia.
* 2007 - Russians riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting leave one dead. Cyber attacks launched against Estonia.
