often three courses. New Year's Eve is celebrated with large fireworks displays throughout the country, especially in the cities. Independence Day An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state, more rarely after the end of a military occupation. In Estonia it's celebrated on February 24.Estonia got independence from the Bolshevist Russia in 1918.Estonia regain independence in 1991 from NSVL when it fall a part. St John`s Day (jaanipäev) In Estonia, aside from Christmas, St John's Day is the most important days in the calendar. The short summer seasons with long days and brief nights hold special significance for the people of Estonia. St John's Day is celebrated in the night between 23rd and 24th of June, a few days after the summer solstice, when night seems to be non-existent.
Before new year people gives promises for coming year. Independence Day An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state, more rarely after the end of a military occupation. In Estonia it's celebrated on February 24.Estonia got independence from the Bolshevist Russia in 1918.Estonia regain independence in 1991 from NSVL when it fall a part. People make some preparations before Independence Day, like they look up if they have a flag. Independence Day is celebrated with victory parade, flag raising and speeches , but some famililies have a lavish feast and parents talk to their children that how and when Estonia got independence.Many of people just watch victory parade from TV.
Throughout this period the Baltic German nobility enjoyed autonomy, where the language of administration and education was German. • The Estophile Enlightenment Period 1750–1840 led to the Estonian national awakening in the middle of the 19th century. In the aftermath of World War I and the Russian revolutions, the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued in February 1918. The Estonian War of Independence ensued on two fronts between the newly proclaimed state and Bolshevist Russia to the east and the Baltic German forces (the Baltische Landeswehr) to the south, resulting in the Tartu Peace Treaty recognising Estonian independence in perpetuity. • In 1939-1940, Estonia was occupied and (according to e.g. the USA, the EU, and the European Court of Human Rights) illegally annexed by the Soviet Union as a result of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. During the war Estonia was occupied b yNazi Germany in 1941, then reoccupied by the Soviet Union in 1944
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