ESTONIA MY HOMELAND General information: AREA POPULATION CAPITAL LANGUAGE CURRENCY MAIN RELIGION NATIONAL HOLIDAY NATIONAL FLOWER NATIONAL BIRD NATIONAL STONE - 45,227 SQ KM MILLION - TALLINN - ESTONIAN - ESTONIAN CROWN (EEK) - LUTHERAN - ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC - CORNFLOWER - BARN SWALLOW - LIMESTONE THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA THE MAP OF ESTONIA CAPITAL TALLINN London 1770 km Kopenhaagen 900 km Viin 1750 km Ankara 5800 km Distances ESTONIAN PRESIDENT MR TOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES MR AND MRS PRESIDENT COUNTRYS BIRTHDAY 24 FEBRUARY 1918 SYMBOLS HMN MU ISAMAA, MU NN JA RM 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 loyalty Black earth, the black coat of traditional costume White the strive for light and education THE NATIONAL BIRD OF ESTONIA - BARN SWALLOW TEGIN PKSID, TEGIN PKSID, KAKS REIT KORRAGA, TMMASIN LHKI KAKRR! THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF ESTONIA - CORNFLOWER SAI EESTI RAHVUSLILLEKS AASTAL WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE NATIONAL FLOWER IN 1968 RUKKILILL SEE PUHASSININE IEKE KIIKUMAS KULDSES LEIVAVILJAS RUKKIS THE NATIONAL STONE - LIMESTONE LEIDUB ROHKESTI EESTIMAA PHJAOSAS 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 migun-Vhi Kristina migun- Vhi 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 Kiv 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 Jrvis Katrin Siska Carmen Kass The Estonian fashion model Very famous over the world She is the president of Estonian Chess Union Neeme Jrvi The Estonian conductor He works with many orchestras over the world Eri Klas The Estonian conductor He is a delegate of UNICEF Arvo Prt The Estonian composer In 2004 he composed a Musical America Thank you!