Official name: Republic of Estonia Territory: 45 227 km Population: 1 342 000 Official languafe: Estonian Largest ethnic groups: Estonians 68%, Russians 26%, Ukrainians 25, Belarussians 1%, Finns 1% Capital of Estonia: Tallinn Number of islands: 1 521 Highest point: Suur-Munamagi (Great Egg Hill) 318 m Religion: Lutheran Currency: Estonian Kroon (EEK),1 EUR = 15,65 EEK Estonia has two Independence Days - Estonia first achieved independence from the Soviet Union on the 24th February 1918 and again on the 20th August 1991 after 51 years of occupation. The second date is known as the Restoration of Independence Day The Estonian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric group and is most similar to Finnish
säilitamiseks tänu Indias paguluses elavatele tiibetlastele, kes on sinna põgenenud Hiina reziimi eest, ning kel on võimalik seda erinevalt Tiibeti tiibetlastest igapäevaselt praktiseerida ilma sõjaväe järelvalveta. Tiibetist teab kogu maailma, ning ka see võib sundida kultuuri säilima. 7 Allikaloend Eesti-Tiibeti kultuuriselts 2008. Tiibeti toetustõrvik Suurel Munamäel. http://www.tibet.ee/munamagi/Tiibeti_toetustorviku_infovoldik.pdf Forbes, Andrew, David Henley 2011. 'The First Tibetan Empire' in: China's Ancient Tea Horse Road. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books Marks, Thomas A. 1978. "Nanchao and Tibet in South-western China and Central Asia." The Tibet Journal. Vol. 3, No. 4. Winter 1978, pp. 1316. Richardson H. E. 1985. 'A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions. Royal Asiatic Society. pp. 10643. www.bbc.com http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16689779