In this section of our website, you can learn a little bit about Estonian history. Check out the different periods listed on the left. Within them, there are several attachments for those who wish to dig even deeper.

Estonians had lived on their land for thousands of years, when Pope Innocent III’s crusade to bring Christianity to the heathens conquered Estonia in 1227. Since that first invasion, Estonians suffered through a series of occupations until establishing an independent European state in 1918. Then, in 1939/1940, a brutal invasion and occupation by the Soviet Union decimated the country.

Estonia reaffirmed its independence once again in 1991 after several years of aggressive political maneuvering, ever bolder demonstrations, and enormous singing protests. Since then, the country has flourished with one of the fastest growing economies in the world.