Estonia

EstoniaEstonia

Tammiku Basic School

Anna Laabe,

Elisaveta Korobova

Estonia

The Republic of Estonia, is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia.

EstoniaEstonia

UrbanizationUrbanization

The Republic of Estonia is divided into fifteen counties, which are the administrative subdivisions of the country.

Largest cites or towns of Largest cites or towns of EstoniaEstonia::

Rank Name County

1 Tallinn Harju 6 Maardu Harju

2 Tartu Tartu 7 Viljandi Viljandi

3 Narva Ida-Viru 8 Rakvere Lääne-Viru

4 Pärnu Pärnu 9 Sillamäe Ida-Viru

5 Kohtla-Järve Ida-Viru 10 Kuressaare Saare

Cities or towns of EstoniaCities or towns of Estonia

Tallinn Tartu

Narva Pärnu

TallinnTallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is situated on the northern coast of the country.

TallinnTallinnThe Long Herman The Fat Margaret

TV Tower

PärnuPärnuPärnu is a city in south western Estonia

on the coast of Pärnu Bay. It is a popular summer vacation resort with many hotels, restaurants, and large beaches.

PärnuPärnu the beach

Old town

TartuTartu Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia.

Tartu is often considered the intellectual centre of the country, especially since it is home to the oldest and most renowned university in Estonia. The city also houses the Supreme Court of Estonia and the Ministry of Education and Research.

TartuTartuMonument “Kissing Students”

the central building of the University

the city center

NarvaNarva

Narva is the third largest city in Estonia.

The Narva Castle is one of the main attractions of the city. It is the most diverse and best preserved defence structure in Estonia.

NarvaNarva

The Narva Castle

Border between Estonia and Russia

Peipsus lake

The capitalThe capital of Estonia of Estonia

Tallinn is the capital and the largest city

of Estonia. It lies on the northern coast of Estonia, along the Gulf of

Finland.

EstoniaEstonia

The National (official) language is Estonian.

The National Flag: blue, black and white

EstoniaEstonia

The National Coat of Arms:

Three blue lions with oak branches on the golden shield.

National Symbols of EstoniaNational Symbols of Estonia

National bird of Estonia is the barn swallow.

National Symbols of EstoniaNational Symbols of Estonia

National flower is the blue cornflower..

National Symbols of EstoniaNational Symbols of Estonia

National stone is the gray limestone.

National Symbols of EstoniaNational Symbols of Estonia

National fish is a Baltic herring.

National dayNational day

The Estonian National day is the Independence Day celebrated on the 24th of February.

Peipsus lakePeipsus lake

South border of the region- South border of the region- picturesque sand dunes picturesque sand dunes and and pinewoods on the shore of Lake pinewoods on the shore of Lake Peipus.Peipus.

The Town of KohtlaThe Town of Kohtla-Järve-Järve

Park Keskallee

House of City Government

monument to the miners

The house of culture

Coat of arms of Kohtla-JCoat of arms of Kohtla-Jaarverve

Golden colour and flames refer to oil-shale. Blue refers to the Jarve village which gave the name to the town (Estonian ‘järv’ means ‘lake’). The number of flames (6) refers to two events in the history of the town. 1916 - starting of the mining of oil-shale. 1946 - Kohtla-Järve got rights of town.

Coat of arms of Kohtla-JarveCoat of arms of Kohtla-Jarve

The Flag of Kohtla-JThe Flag of Kohtla-Jäärverve

The decoration is similar to the coat of arms. Golden color and flames refer to oil-shale. Blue refers to the Jarve village which gave the name to the town. The sloping line refers to the mines and artificial ash hills. The flagstaff is blue, the finial is golden.

The Flag of Kohtla - JarveThe Flag of Kohtla - Jarve

The Town of The Town of JJõõhvihvi

culture House

The Church of St. Michael

MulgikapsadMulgikapsad

It’s one of the most popular and favorite food in Estonia. It’s made of sauerkraut, pork, pearl barley and tomatoes.

BBlood sausagelood sausage

Type of sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. Pig or cattle blood is most often used. Typical fillers include meat, bread, sweet potato, onion, barley,

and oatmeal.

SuitsukalaSuitsukala

It’s a smoked trout. It’s quite popular among Estonian people. Usually suitsukala is eaten with potatoes.

PiparkookPiparkook

Traditional Christmas biscuit. Characteristic feature is that it contains spices such as ginger, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom.

The Tammiku Basic SchoolThe Tammiku Basic School

HeadmistressHeadmistress

The headmistressof this school is Valentina Kutuzova. She is a perfect woman.

TeachersTeachersOn this picture you can see our

teachers.

The our schoolThe our school

In this school is a lot of anything projects.

LessonsLessons

The lessons in our school are differen.

Gym

Computer class

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