Place details
Place nameEstonia
Other namesEesti Vabariik, Eestimaa, Estonskaya, Estonija, Eesti, Republic of Estonia, Esthonia, Estland, Estonie, République d'Estonie, Estônia, EST, EE, ISO233, EN00, Estonskaja Sovetskaja Socialisticeskaja Respublika, Estoniya SSR, Estonian SSR, Estonian
Latitude59
Longitude26
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Settled by prehistoric Finno-Ugric tribes; traded with Rome & German tribes 1st-6th cen. AD; invaded by Vikings 9th cen., by Russians 11th cen.; ruled by Danes in N & Germans in S in 13th cen., by Livonian Order 14th cen., by Sweden & Russia 16-18th cen.; official language is Estonian.