Estonia Estonia The Republic of Estonia, or Estonia ( Estonian: Eesti Vabariik or Eesti) is a country in Northern Europe and a member state of European Union since 2004. It is separated from Finland in the north by the narrow Gulf of Finland and from Sweden in the west by the middle part of the Baltic Sea. Estonia has land borders with its fellow Baltic country Latvia to the south and Russia to the east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Estonia"
Estonian freemasonry. On October 31 (October 20), 1771 some citizens of Tallinn - Kiesow, Eckbaum, Kœrber, Clayhills and Jencken - gathered for a clandestine meeting. The aim of the meeting was to "… consider whether it were beneficial to found here in Tallinn a lodge of real and genuine freemasons …" The above-mentioned citizens had learned that Baron Reichel, who had come from Germany, had founded a Masonic lodge called Apollo in St. Petersburg. Prince Nikolai Troubetzkoy was one of the members of that lodge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Estonian freemasonry"
Setos (setoq) are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic minority in south-eastern Estonia. Setos are mostly Seto-speaking Othodox Christians of Estonian nationality. Their language Seto (like Finnish, Estonian and Võro) belongs to the Balto- Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages. Seto is a regional language of Estonia (in search of more recognition). ...more on Wikipedia about "Setos"
== November 25, Kadripäev (St. Catherine's Day) == ...more on Wikipedia about "St. Catherine's Day"
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