2. ESTONIA ESTONIA- MY HOMELAND

3. General information: AREA POPULATION CAPITAL LANGUAGE CURRENCY MAIN RELIGION NATIONAL HOLIDAY NATIONAL FLOWER NATIONAL BIRD NATIONAL STONE 45,227 SQ KM 1.4 MILLION TALLINN ESTONIAN EESTI KROON (EEK) LUTHERAN ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC CORNFLOWER BARN SWALLOW LIMESTONE

4. THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA

5. THE MAP OF ESTONIA KADRINA CAPITAL TALLINN

6. St. Petersburg – 330 km Moscow – 1040 km Copenhagen – 820 km TALLINN Helsinki – 85 km Vilnius – 520 km Riga – 280 km Berlin – 830 km London – 1770 km Stockholm – 375 km

7. ESTONIAN PRESIDENT MR TOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES MR AND MRS PRESIDENT

8. COUNTRY’S BIRTHDAY 24 FEBRUARY 1918

9. SYMBOLS HÜMN “MU ISAMAA, MU ÕNN JA RÕÕM” (NATIONAL ANTHEM “MY FATHERLAND, MY HAPPINESS AND JOY “)

10. THE ESTONIAN COAT OF ARMS THE OLDEST KNOWN IMPRINT OF THE SEAL WITH THREE LIONS DATES BACK TO 1294, GIVEN TO TALLINN BY KING WALDEMAR II OF DENMARK THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE COAT OF ARMS WAS ADOPTED ON JUNE 19, 1925

11. THE ESTONIAN NATIONAL FLAG Sinine - taevas, meri, usaldus ja truudus Blue – sky, sea, trust and loyalty Must - muld, rahvariiete must kuub Black – earth, the black coat of traditional costume Valge - püüe valguse, hariduse poole White – the strive for light and education

12. RAHVUSLIND SUITSUPÄÄSUKE TEGIN PÜKSID, TEGIN PÜKSID, KAKS REIT KORRAGA, TÕMMASIN LÕHKI KAKÄRR! THE NATIONAL BIRD OF ESTONIA - BARN SWALLOW

13. RAHVUSLILL RUKKILILL SAI EESTI RAHVUSLILLEKS 1969. AASTAL WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE NATIONAL FLOWER IN 1968 RUKKILILL SEE PUHASSININE ÕIEKE KIIKUMAS KULDSES LEIVAVILJAS RUKKIS THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF ESTONIA - CORNFLOWER

14. RAHVUSKIVI PAEKIVI THE NATIONAL STONE - LIMESTONE LEIDUB ROHKESTI EESTIMAA PÕHJAOSAS JA SAARTEL TO BE FOUND IN QUANTITIES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF ESTONIA AND ON THE ISLANDS

15. RAHVUSEEPOS “KALEVIPOEG” EESTI ENNEMUISTNE JUTT, MILLE KOOSTAS FR. R. KREUTZWALD AN OLD ESTONIAN TALE COMPILED BY FR. R. KREUTZWALD

16. EESTI RAHA ESTONIAN MONEY 1 EUR = 15,6466 EEK

17. EESTI RAHVARIIDED ESTONIAN NATIONAL COSTUMES