Eestlased vs ristisõdijad
Revolution is a commonly used name for events between 1987 and 1990.
Emblems: THE FLAG was originally the flag of the Estonian Students' Society, consecrated in
Otepää in 1884, the flag was seen again in public in May 1988 in Tartu; on February 24th 1989
the flag was seen again on the tower of Pikk Hermann in Tallinn; THE ANTHEM was composed
in 1848 by Friedrich Pacius and the estonian language words were written by Johann Voldemar
Jannsen, it was officially adopted after War of Inependence in 1920; THE COAT OF ARMS:
lions were first used as Estonia's heraldic emblem in the 13th century, a similar motif was later
used on the coat of arms of the Province of Estonia under Swedish rule. Estonia changed hands
but the three lions remained, in 1925 they were adopted officially. The present coat of arms is a
golden shield charged with three blue lions with golden oak branch on each side.
Ministers:
* Andrus Ansip Peaminister represents the government to approve the state budget,