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Border changes of Estonia after World War II. The Russian Federation, the successor state to the Soviet Union, subsequently ended its military presence in the Republic of Estonia by withdrawing its last troops in August 1994, [119] and relinquishing its control of the nuclear reactor facilities in Paldiski in September 1995. [120] [121]
The history of Estonia from 1918 to 1940 spanned the interwar period from the end of the Estonian War of Independence until the outbreak of World War II. It covers the years of parliamentary democracy, the Great Depression and the period of corporatist authoritarian rule .
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Generalbezirk Estland (General District Estonia) was one of the four administrative subdivisions of Reichskommissariat Ostland, the 1941–1945 civilian occupation regime established by Nazi Germany for the administration of the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), and the western part of the Byelorussian SSR.
Fragments of the Wanradt–Koell Catechism (1535), the first book printed in Estonian. The history of Estonia forms a part of the history of Europe.Human settlement in what is now Estonia became possible 13,000,000–11,000,000 years ago, after the ice from the last glacial era had melted, and signs of the first permanent population in the region date from around 9000 BCE.
World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Narva in Estonia, destroying almost the entire old town. 9 March: World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia. 26 July: Battle of Narva: The Soviets capture Narva. 29 July: Battle of Tannenberg Line: The Estonian and German counterattack stops Soviet advance towards Tallinn. 26 August
The following is a list of the 47 cities and towns in Estonia.Before the Republic of Estonia became an independent nation in 1918, many of these locations were known in the rest of the world by their German names, which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the Estonian.
Military history of Estonia during World War II (2 C, 28 P) N. ... Pages in category "Estonia in World War II" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 ...