ESTONIAMY HOMELAND

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

- ESTONIAN CROWN (EEK)

- LUTHERAN

- ANNIVERSARY OF THE

REPUBLIC

- CORNFLOWER

- BARN SWALLOW

- LIMESTONE

THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA

THE MAP OF ESTONIACAPITAL TALLINN

London – 1770 km

Kopenhaagen – 900 km

Viin – 1750 km

Ankara – 5800 km

Distances

ESTONIAN PRESIDENT

MR TOOMAS HENDRIK ILVESMR AND MRS PRESIDENT

COUNTRY’S BIRTHDAY

24 FEBRUARY

1918

SYMBOLS

HÜMN “MU ISAMAA, MU ÕNN JA RÕÕM”

NATIONAL ANTHEM “MY FATHERLAND, MY HAPPINESS AND JOY “

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

THE ESTONIAN NATIONAL FLAG

Blue – sky, sea, trust and loyaltyBlack – earth, the black coat of traditional costumeWhite – the strive for light and education

THE NATIONAL BIRD OF ESTONIA - BARN SWALLOW

TEGIN PÜKSID, TEGIN PÜKSID, KAKS REIT KORRAGA, TÕMMASIN LÕHKI KAKÄRR!

THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF ESTONIA - CORNFLOWER

SAI EESTI RAHVUSLILLEKS 1969. AASTALWAS ANNOUNCED AS THE NATIONAL FLOWER IN 1968

RUKKILILLSEE PUHASSININE ÕIEKE KIIKUMAS KULDSES LEIVAVILJAS RUKKIS

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

NATIONAL EPIC “KALEVIPOEG”

EESTI ENNEMUISTNE JUTT, MILLE KOOSTAS FR. R. KREUTZWALD

AN OLD ESTONIAN TALE COMPILED BY FR. R. KREUTZWALD

ESTONIAN MONEY

1 EUR = 15,6466 EEK

ESTONIAN NATIONAL COSTUMES

Kristina Šmigun-Vähi

• Kristina Šmigun-Vähi is an athlete from Estonia.

• She has won 3 Olympic medals – 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal for cross-country skiing at the Olympic Games in Vancouver

Andrus Veerpalu

• The skiier • He has won

the olympic games two times

Gerd Kanter

• The discus throwist

• Winner of olympic game in Peking 2008

Marko Asmer

• The first Estonian in F1

Kerli Kõiv

• The singer

• In 2001 she won the competition “Songs of stars”

• 2007 in America singel “Love is Dead”

Vanilla Ninja

• Very famous girls band

• Lenna Kuurma

• Piret Järvis

• Katrin Siska

Carmen Kass

• The Estonian fashion model

• Very famous over the world

• She is the president of Estonian Chess Union

Neeme Järvi

• The Estonian conductor

• He works with many orchestras over the world

Eri Klas

• The Estonian conductor

• He is a delegate of UNICEF

Arvo Pärt

• The Estonian composer

• In 2004 he composed a Musical America

Thank you!