Estonia is a small state by the Baltic Sea in north-eastern Europe with the population of 1.3 million. Right on the border between east and west it is a country squeezed between two mindsets – resulting in it being desired as well as possessed by different rules over centuries. Thus, while the Estonian nation is ancient, the republic is remarkably young at a mere 101 years.
Inhabitants were first called Estonians in 1857; until then, they had been referred to as ‘slaves’ or ‘the country…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/gb0dBuYmBzU/