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the corporate chambers in interwar Estonia were inspired by the example of Fascist Italy ?
the Independent Royalist Party of Estonia ' s election campaign costs for the 1992 elections of Riigikogu , the first post-Soviet occupation parliamentary elections in Estonia , were 25 Estonian cents per pair of seats?
the popular music artist Maarja-Liis Ilus has entered the Estonian Eurovision Song Contest pre-selection event Eurolaul a record three times, in 1996 , 1997 and 2004 ?
the ancient people known as the Oeselians , who lived on the Estonian island of Saaremaa , carried out raids against the Scandinavian Vikings ?
in Estonia , a digital signature is considered legally equivalent to a manual signature through the successful Estonian ID card project?
nearly half the area of Estonia 's 342 km2 (132 sq mi) Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve was once a Soviet Air Force bombing range and its surrounding buffer zone?
the Indrikis chronicles are the oldest written history of Latvia and Estonia ?
the Phosphorite War is regarded in Estonia as a catalyst that led to the dissolution of the Soviet regime?
the only operating cable ferry in Estonia crosses the Emajõgi river (pictured) in Kavastu ?
the year 2008 is the 90th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia ?
the most powerful recorded earthquake in Estonia , measuring 4.7 magnitudes in Richter scale , occurred in 1976 near the Baltic Sea island of Osmussaar (pictured) ?
the flag on the top of the Tall Hermann tower on Toompea Hill is one of the best-known symbols in Estonia of the government in power?
the film based on the novel Names in Marble is the most successful Estonian film in terms of box office profits?
the final results of the 1940 elections to the People's Parliaments in Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania were published in London before the voting booths closed?
every autumn more than 23,000 Common Cranes stop at Matsalu National Park in Estonia , making it the biggest autumn stopping ground of Common Cranes in Europe?
during the Soviet deportations from Estonia in 1940-1941 and 1944-1951 the Soviet Union forcibly transferred tens of thousands of Estonian citizens to Siberia ?
Estonian nationalist Aili Jõgi , aged 14, blew up the wooden memorial that preceded the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn in 1946?
Estonian -Jewish chemist Moses Wolf Goldberg earned the Habilitation degree in 1935 despite increasing xenophobia at ETH Zurich ?
Estonian chemist Paul Kogerman , known for his study of oil-bearing shales , was deported by Soviet authorities with his family in 1941 to a prisoner camp in Sverdlovsk Oblast ?
Estonia created project EstWin to connect all citizens to the internet with 100 Mbit/s speed by 2015?
Estonia joined World War II in 1940 , after the Soviet Union blockaded the country, a Finnish airliner was shot down and three diplomatic couriers were killed ?
Estonia attempted to re-establish independence before the Soviets reoccupied the Baltic states in 1944?
forest brother Alfred Käärmann hid for 7 years from Soviet officials, spent 15 years in Siberian prison camps , had his passport stamped "annulled" and was banished from Estonia until 1981?
Grandmaster Valentina Golubenko , the first and only World Youth Chess Champion born and raised in Estonia , is a Russian citizen playing under the Croatian flag?
Raeapteek in Tallinn , Estonia is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe?
a Rotarian and an active sponsor of sports Joakim Puhk was one of the richest men in pre-WWII Estonia ?
Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve , now a protected area in Estonia , used to be proving grounds used by the Red Army for military training during the Soviet Era ?
Joseph Cornelius O’Rourke , an Irish Count born in Estonia , became a Russian Lieutenant General, and was honoured with a statue in Belgrade for his victory over the Ottoman Empire in 1810?
Hugo Raudsepp , one of Estonia 's greatest comedic playwrights, became a "non-person "?
Jüri Vilms , a member of the Estonian Salvation Committee , issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence in February 1918, and was executed by German troops less than two months later?
"Stop Lasnamäe !" was one of the slogans of the Estonian Singing Revolution ?
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