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Estonians

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Kawe Plaza by lodu

Oil on canvas, 120*80 cm, 2007. Private collection
Our nationflower bluebottle by Meeli Sonn

In addition to the three main state symbols, Estonia has chosen her own national flower and national bird. Estonia even has her own national stone, which seems to be a rarity among other national symbols. All three have gained official status during recent years. The campaign to choose a national flower was organized by The Estonian Wildlife Protection Society. The televised contest was carried out in 1967-68. The ornamental blue cornflower was the favourite. In choosing it, several considerations were taken into account: general popularity, decorative appearance, easy applicability as an artistic motif, and domestic origin. / The cornflower has grown on Estonian soil for more than 10,000 years, from the time when the first humans came to Northern Europe. The plant grows commonly in rye fields, creating a strong connection in the minds of Estonians between the flower and their daily bread. The blossoms of the cornflower have a particularly striking graphic appearance which has led to its use by artists for decorative purposes. The cornflower is also part of the young girls’ festive garland. It is possible that the cornflower was chosen as the national flower in 1968 for another important reason. People knew that the blue of the then forbidden Estonian flag was defined as “cornflower blue”. This made the cornflower a symbol of resistance in its own way.
Hepatica nobilis by Romeo Koitmäe

Flowers after Rain.
Snowy trees by Mariann Rea

First snow this year and it looked so beautiful and graphical, love it! :) / Tallinn, Estonia Canon 20D
Unusual (ice piece ?) by Meeli Sonn

Image is done in this holyday January 1. day was cold, but not snow. Our family, kids and adults went for a walk to the icy beach and closest forest. There we find little lake with half covered ice. And look what sun did there with the ice. Made with Nixon D50, Sigma DX 70-300mm.
Summer Time by MariaVikerkaar

Toes with Plants Challenge Winner / in Vibrant Plants Group

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Blown Away by Imber

Digital Art / / Inspired by Kristiina Ehin Poetry Book “Burning The Darkness” / / / / Kristiina was born in Rapla, Estonia in 1977, the daughter of the well-known poets Ly Seppel and Andres Ehin. She has an M.A. in Comparative and Estonian Folklore from Tartu University, and has to date published four volumes of poetry – Kevad Astrahanis (Spring in Astrakhan), Simunapäev (St Simon’s Day), Luigeluulinn (Swan-bone City) and Kaitseala (Protected Area). She has won several prizes, including Estonia’s most prestigious poetry prize – the Cultural Endowment of Estonia prize for Kaitseala, which was written during a year spent as nature reserve warden on Mohni, an uninhabited island off the north coast of Estonia.. / / / MCN: CFT4Q-EE4NX-VYC6J © Imber 2009. All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Imber. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. / / /
Roses by Bluesrose

Marzipan
Hometown roofs by Bluesrose

Tallinn. Estonia
Musician by Bluesrose

Old town. Tallinn
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Maybe you like this one, my friend. by Meeli Sonn

All happiness to you my RedBubble friend. / Made with Nikon D 50 , Sigma lenses

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One of the Europe’s 20 best Christmas markets 2009 – in Tallinn’s main square (Raekoja plats)

3 questions about Estonia:

1. Where the hell is Estonia?

Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by the Russian Federation (338,6 km).

2. Is Estonia the world’s smallest country?

Definitely not. With an area of 45 000 sq. km, Estonia is larger for example than Slovenia, Holland, Denmark or Switzerland; a little smaller, in other words, than New Hampshire and Massachusetts combined. Estonia stretches 350 km from east to west and 240 km from north to south. Sea islands form one tenth and lakes about one twentieth of Estonia’s territory.

Conversely, Estonia’s population ranks amongst the smallest in the world: as of January 2002, an estimated 1 364 100 people live in Estonia – a density of only 30.2 people per sq. km.

3. What language is spoken in Estonia?

As is typical of small peoples, the Estonian identity is closely connected to the language; it is natural, therefore, that Estonians speak Estonian. It is used as a mother tongue by just under 1.1 million people. Approximately 950 000 of these live in Estonia; the remainder in Sweden, Canada, the United States, Russia and elsewhere. Estonian is one of the world’s smallest cultural languages to include contemporary terminology for all major fields of life.

Estonian, different from most spoken languages in Europe, does not belong to the Indo-European group; it belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family.

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Tallinn

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