Essay - Estonia the Republic of Estonia is a Country in Northern...

Estonia

The Republic of Estonia is a country in Northern Europe, separated from Finland in the north by the Gulf ***** Finland, from Sweden in the west ***** the Baltic Sea, and borders Latvia to the south and Russia to ***** east (Estonia). Estonia became a member of the European Union in 2004 (Estonia). The oldest known settlement is near the town of S*****di on the Parnu River, and dates to the middle of the 8th millennium B.C. (Estonia). Estonia, first named when Germany and Denmark conquered the area around the year 1227, has, throughout its history, been controlled by various foreign powers, including *****, *****, Poland, and Russia (*****).

Until roughly 1918, the elite and middle classes remained primarily ***** German, however during ***** immediately following World War II, the remainder were forced out, first ***** Hitler and, then by Stalin (Estonia). On February 24, 1918, after Imperial Russia collapsed following the October Revolution, Estonia declared *****elf an independent republic, and on February 2, 1920, the *****n Liberation War ***** Treaty ***** Tartu was signed (Estonia). The country maintained is independence for some twenty-two years (Estonia). After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Estonia reinstated ***** very same parliamentary government in 1992 that it had follow*****g the 1920 Treaty (Estonia). That parliament, called Riigikogu, was elected by all Estonian citizens aged 18 ***** and older, but was disbanded in 1934 and Estonia ***** ruled ***** decree by president Konstantin Pats until ***** parliamentary elections in 1938 (Estonia).

In June 1940, as a consequence of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between ***** Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, Soviet troops took occupation of ***** (Estonia). Dur*****g this time, many of the country's political and intellectual leaders were killed or repressed, ***** Pats, who w***** deported to ***** (Es*****nia). The German Third Reich occupied the country from 1941 to 1944, *****hen the Soviet Union re-conquered it (Estonia). ***** August 20, 1991, Estonia regained its independence, with the Singing Revolution ***** ***** ***** of the Soviet Union, today, August 20 is a national holiday (Estonia). On August 31, 1994, the last Russian forces left ***** country (Estonia). ***** March 29, 2004, Estonia joined North Atlantic ***** Organization, NATO, and on May, 01, 2004, it joined the European Uni***** (*****). On May 18, 2005, Estonia ***** a border *****greement w*****h Russia, which redefined ***** border they ***** been using since 1991, and on ***** 20, 2005, the Riigikogu ratified it (Estonia). However, Russia objected to the preamble ***** the law, which makes references to ***** ***** state's "uninterrupted legal continuity during the ***** period and indirect references to the Soviet occupation of Estonia" (*****).

***** announced ***** it is revoking its signature ***** that it desires to restart negotiations, however Es*****nia has declared there is no need to renegotiate the ***** and that it has no land claims against Russia (Estonia).

***** ***** a constitutional democracy, with a president elected ***** its unicameral parliament (elections every four years). The prime minister, who is nominated by