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This category lists sites offering historical information related to or about Estonia.

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Resources in This Category

• Behind Putin's Estonia Complex - IntelliBriefs

  http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/05/behind-putins-estonia-complex.html
  An article that analyzes some of the possible reasons behind Putin's anti-Estonian anger.

• Continuity of the Tartu Peace Treaty

  http://www.juridica.ee/international_en.php?document=en/international/2005/1/95058.ART.0.pub.php
  Article that analyzes the continuity of the Tartu Peace Treaty of 2 February 1920, in relation to the Estonian–Russian Border Treaties of 18 May 2005, and the legal debate about Estonia’s status in international law.

• Correspondent's diary - Edward Lucas

  http://edwardlucas.blogspot.com/2008/11/correspondents-diary.html
  A week in Estonia by Economist correspondent, Edward Lucas, during which he discusses current events, including relations with Russia and the economic turmoil of 2008.

• Estonia Ferry Disaster

  http://estoniaferrydisaster.net/
  Report on the disaster by the German Group of Experts. Full text of the report and update of new findings.

• Estonian International Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity

  http://www.historycommission.ee/
  Investigation of crimes against humanity committed against Estonian citizens or on the territory of the Republic of Estonia during the occupation by the Soviet Union and the Nazi Germany.

• Estonian Swedes - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_Swedes
  History of the Estonian Swedes. They resided in the coastal areas and on the Estonian islands prior to the end of the second world war when most fled to Sweden to escape Soviet occupation.

• Estonian War of Independence - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_War_of_Independence
  Article about the war in which Estonia, defeated communist Russia and became independence.

• Felix Kersten - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Kersten
  A Baltic German born in Estonia who used his position as the personal masseur of Heinrich Himmler to help those who were persecuted by Nazi Germany.

• Fog in the Baltic - The Economist

  http://www.economist.com/node/12566943?story_id=12566943
  Estonia arrested Herman Simm, an official a inside the Estonian defense ministry responsible for handling state secrets, but who was in fact a Russian spy.

• Frost Over The World - Toomas Hendrik Ilves

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHiWnTFu7fg
  Frost interviews Estonian president Ilves about the cyberattacks on Estonia after April 2007.

• History of Estonia

  http://www.chicagopianos.com/estoniahistory.htm
  History, Geography, and diaspora information

• History of Estonia - WHKMLA

  http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/eceurope/xestonia.html
  Historical overview broken down by time period. Extensive list of links to reference material about the country.

• History of Estonia - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Estonia
  A comprehensive article covering the history of Estonia from the Mesolithic period to the present.

• MS Estonia - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia
  Article about the sinking, rescue efforts and causes of the maritime disaster on September 28th, 1994 which left 852 dead.

• Russia: Monument Dispute With Estonia Gets Dirty - RFE/RL

  http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1076297.html
  Article about Russian reprisals against Estonia for having moved a memorial to Soviet soldiers. Including economic reprisals, the cyberattacks on Estonian websites, and disruptions of the Estonian embassy in Moscow by pro-Kremlin Nashi youth.

• The TU2-pages

  http://members.tele2.nl/p.engelbert/EST.html
  History of the fleet of TU2 locomotives that ran on the extensive narrow gauge rail network that used to exist in Estonia.

• Treaty of Peace between Russia and Estonia - Wikisource

  http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Peace_between_Russia_and_Estonia
  English translation of the full text of the Tartu Peace Treaty.

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