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Estonian Declaration of Independence. Estonia as a unified political entity first emerged after the Russian February Revolution of 1917. With the collapse of the Russian Empire in World War I, Russia's Provisional Government granted national autonomy to a unified Estonia in April.
One of the three Baltic states (with Latvia and Lithuania) located in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea, Estonia had been under foreign rule—notably by Germany, Sweden, and Russia —for much of its existence until it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Od XIII w. tereny dzisiejszej Estonii i Łotwy pod nazwą Inflanty, dostały się pod panowanie Niemieckie. Administracja składała się ze swojego rodzaju konfederacji 5 państw: Stanowiły ją konfederacja zakonna, arcybiskupstwo ryskie oraz biskupstwo kurlandzkie, dorpackie oraz ozylijskie.
On 3 March, a referendum was held on the independence of the Republic of Estonia, which was attended by those who lived in Estonia before the Soviet annexation and their descendants, as well as persons who have received the so-called "green cards" of the Congress of Estonia.
After Estonia regained its independence, the kroon was reintroduced in 1992. After restoring full independence, in the 1990s, Estonia styled itself as the "gateway between East and West" and aggressively pursued economic reform and reintegration with the West.
20 sie 2024 · On August 20, 1991, an attempted coup by Communist hardliners in Moscow precipitated a succession of events in Estonia that, on the same day, led to a resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR to declare the country's independence from the collapsing Soviet Union.
The Republic of Estonia celebrates its thirty-third anniversary of restored independence this year. The Singing Revolution and the human chain connecting Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (also known as the Baltic Way) were pivotal events leading up to Estonia's second independence.
