Histrodamus is Estonianweb portal, which aim is to introduce history through interactive means.
Portal's name is derived from Nostradamus, the famous French apothecary and seer, and term Historia. Its first goals are to introduce, popularize and explain Estonian history, but also culture and geography. The portal is available in Estonian, English and Russian languages.
Histrodamus was opened on January 22, 2010, six years after start of the project. It was funded mostly by private capital, but was also supported through Civil Society's Endowment (Kodanikuühiskonna Sihtkapital).
Konstantin Päts was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades prior to World War II he also served five times as the country's State Elder. After the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, Päts remained formally in office for over a month, until he was forced to resign, imprisoned by the new Stalinist regime, and deported to the USSR, where he died in 1956.
Jaan Tõnisson was an Estonian statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Estonia twice during 1919 to 1920, as State Elder from 1927 to 1928 and in 1933, and as Foreign Minister of Estonia from 1931 to 1932.
LETA is the main Latvian news agency. Its headquarters are in Riga. It is owned by Estonian entrepreneur Margus Linnamäe through his company Postimees Group.
Kaarel Eenpalu was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state, who served as 7th Prime Minister of Estonia.
Postimees is an Estonian daily newspaper established on 5 June 1857, by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. In 1891, it became the first daily newspaper in Estonia. Its current editor-in-chief is Priit Hõbemägi. The paper has approximately 250 employees.
Nochnoy Dozor is a group of mostly Russophone political activists living in Estonia. It was set up in the middle of 2006, with its original declared goal of defending the Bronze Soldier, a monument grave marker in Tallinn, near the Estonian National Library and next to a trolleybus stop, against "defacing, relocation and exhumation".
Starman was an Estonian cable television and Internet service provider company founded in 1992 and located in Tallinn. Since December 2016, Starman Estonia is wholly owned by Elisa.
Matsalu is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in western Estonia, surrounding the old Matsalu Manor.
The Bronze Night, also known as the April Unrest and April Events, was a number of riots in Estonia surrounding the controversial 2007 relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet World War II memorial in Tallinn.
Kreisiraadio was an Estonian comedy act, made up of Hannes Võrno, Peeter Oja and Tarmo Leinatamm.
Since 1991 Estonia has changed from being a former Soviet republic to a member of the European Union and the European Monetary Union, making a rapid transformation in several fields, including the mass media, which is a vibrant and competitive sector. For many years Estonia has been among the top ten in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) Press Freedom Index. In 2017 it was ranked 12th out of 180 countries by RSF while Freedom House assigned Estonia’s press freedom a score of 16/100. A cross-media landscape that embraces traditional media as well as the Internet and digital media characterises the contemporary media system in Estonia.
Urmas Alender was an Estonian singer and musician, the vocalist of popular Estonian bands Ruja and Propeller.
Endla is a professional theatre in city of Pärnu, Estonia.
Mall Vaasma was one of Estonia's top mycologists. She graduated from the University of Tartu in 1974 with a degree in botany. After her graduation, she worked as a senior lab assistant for Department of Mycology at the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany from 1973 and at the Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu from 2008 until her death in 2009 after being struck by a motorist while crossing the road in Tartu.
Sulev Oll is an Estonian journalist, sports historian and poet. He has worked for Postimees, a major Estonian newspaper. and is mentioned in the Estonian national biography. As a journalist and writer he is noted for his expertise in Estonian athletic history.
VKG Elektrivõrgud is an electricity distribution company in Estonia. VKG Elektrivõrgud is the second-largest power distribution company in Estonia, after Elektrilevi, a subsidiary of Eesti Energia.
Sven Mikser is an Estonian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has served as a member of the European Parliament for Estonia since 2019. He previously served as minister of foreign affairs between 2016 and 2019 and minister of defence on two occasions. He also led his party between 2010 and 2015.
Krabi is a village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, Estonia, on the border with Latvia, near the town of Rõuge. Between 1991–2017 the village was located in Varstu Parish.
AS Postimees Grupp, formerly known as AS Postimees and AS Eesti Meedia, is an Estonian media holding company headquartered in Tallinn. The company is currently owned by MM Group, having acquired the half of the company from Norwegian company Schibsted in 2013 and bought the remaining half in 2015. The group is one of the largest media group in the Baltics. Among the Group's activities are creation of print and online media, production of television and radio, e-commerce.
The history of Anarchism in Estonia dates back to the Russian Revolution, seeing a resurgence after the Singing Revolution.
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