Estonica
Encyclopedia about Estonia
World tree
The wish of the forest people to maintain good relations with all worlds, expressed in the relief of the half-pagan World Tree in a wall of one of the oldest churches in Estonia has, despite all inborn scepticism, an impact on the way of thinking of Estonians even today.
Did you know?
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...traditionally, summer began on St. George's Day (April 23)?
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... the export of Estonian goods and services exceeds 90% of GDP, and services constitute around a third of all exports?
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...in the 1991 independence referendum, 77.8% voted in favour of Estonian independence?
