Located on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, the Republic of Estonia is the northernmost of the three Baltic Republics. The country measures 17,413 square miles (45,100 sq. km.), including some 1,500 islands in the Baltic Sea. The population is...

Estonians are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } History Estonia was first inhabited about...

The constitutional conflict between the Soviet central government and the republic of Estonia marks a striking paradox in Mikhail Gorbachev's political program. To push through his economic reforms, Gorbachev has proposed structural changes in the governance of the Soviet Union that would diminish...

Estonia faced a formidable array of problems when it decided to declare its independence in 1991, foremost among which was the difficult task of rebuilding a new state. However, the present Estonian government is unique in Eastern Europe in its relative stability. This is...

The cousin of Estonia's late president committed genocide by helping deport his countrymen to Siberia nearly 60 years ago, prosecutors said Wednesday.But Arnold Meri, a former top ranking Communist Party official in Estonia, claimed he was a mere civil servant. He also said his poor...

Estonian government ministers laid flowers at a disputed Soviet statue on Tuesday, the first time the Baltic state has paid tribute to the Red Army while commemorating the Allied victory in World War II.The government was hoping the gesture would begin a process of reconciliation...