Livonian is a Finnic language whose native land is the Livonian Coast of the Gulf of Riga, located in the north of the Kurzeme peninsula in Latvia but also used to be spoken in the Salaca River valley. Although its last known native speaker died in 2013, a child, Kuldi Medne, born in 2020 is reported to be a native speaker of Livonian. Her parents are Livonian language revival activists Jānis Mednis and Renāte Medne. Also, there are about 40 reported L2 speakers and 210 having reported some knowledge of the language. Possibly uniquely among the Uralic languages but similarly to Latvian and Lithuanian, Livonian has been described as a pitch-accent language.
Jaan Kross was an Estonian writer. He won the 1995 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
The Estonian War of Independence, also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Russian westward offensive of 1918–1919 and the 1919 aggression of the pro–German Baltische Landeswehr. The campaign was the struggle of the newly established democratic state of Estonia for independence in the aftermath of World War I. It resulted in a victory for Estonia and was concluded in the 1920 Treaty of Tartu.
Dmitri Bruns was a Latvia-born Soviet and Estonian architect and architecture theorist of Russian origin.
Battle of Porkuni was the largest engagement between Estonians serving in the Red Army and Estonian pro-independence and Waffen-SS units. It took place on 21 September 1944 between Lake Porkuni and the Sauvälja village about seven kilometres northeast of the town of Tamsalu during the Leningrad Front's Tallinn Offensive Operation.
Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to promote research and development, encourage international scientific cooperation, and disseminate knowledge to the public. As of March 2017, it had 77 full members and 20 foreign members. Since 15 October 2014, the president of the Academy is the mathematician Tarmo Soomere.
Ülle Kukk is an Estonian botanist and conservationist.
Riisipere is a small borough in the Saue Parish, Harju County, Estonia. Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in March 2017, Riisipere was the administrative center of Nissi Parish. Located on the Ääsmäe-Haapsalu road, its distance from Tallinn is 45 km, from Haapsalu 50 km, Märjamaa 30 km, Rapla 40 km.
The Soviet occupation of the Baltic states covers the period from the Soviet–Baltic mutual assistance pacts in 1939, to their invasion and annexation in 1940, to the mass deportations of 1941.
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,335 square kilometres (17,504 sq mi). Tallinn, the capital city, and Tartu are the two largest urban areas. The Estonian language is the indigenous and official language. It is the first language of the majority of the population of 1.4 million.
Alisa Jakobi is an Estonian artist, actress and graphic designer.
Evi Rauer was an Estonian stage, film and television actress and television director whose career spanned more than sixty years.
The Institute of Party History of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia was a research body in the Estonian SSR, managed under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia. Founded in 1947, the institute functioned as the republic-level branch of the Marx–Engels–Lenin Institute of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). The institute was based in Tallinn.
"Estonian Encyclopaedia" is Estonian encyclopaedia which was published in 1985-2007. From 1985 to 1990, its title was "Eesti nõukogude entsüklopeedia" and thereafter its title was "Eesti entsüklopeedia".
The Estonian Soviet Encyclopedia is an Estonian general encyclopedia which was published between 1968–1976. The publisher was Valgus.
Estonian State Publishing House was a Soviet Estonian state publisher. The publisher existed between 1949 and 1964. Its successor is Eesti Raamat. The headquarter located in Tallinn.
Valgus Koordis is a 1951 Soviet-Estonian drama film directed by Herbert Rappaport and based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Hans Leberecht.
Hugo Laur was an Estonian actor.
