Ikuphi i-Estonia?
Context:I-Estonia, ngokusemthethweni iRiphabhulikhi yase-Estonia, izwe elisogwini loLwandle iBaltic eNyakatho Yurophu. Umngcele wayo osenyakatho yiGulf of Finland ngaphesheya kweFinland, entshonalanga ulwandle ngaphesheya kweSweden, eningizimu yiLatvia, futhi empumalanga yiLake Peipus neRussia. Insimu yase-Estonia iqukethe izwekazi, iziqhingi ezinkulu zaseSaaremaa naseHiiumaa, nezinye iziqhingi neziqhingi ezingaphezu kuka-2 200 ogwini olusempumalanga yoLwandle iBaltic, ezihlanganisa indawo ephelele engamakhilomitha-skwele angama-45,339. Inhloko-dolobha iTallinn neTartu yizindawo ezimbili ezinkulu kakhulu ezisemadolobheni kuleli zwe. Ulimi lwesi-Estonia luwulimi lwendabuko nolusemthethweni e-Estonia; luwulimi lokuqala lwabase-Estonia abaningi, futhi luwulimi lwesi-Finland lwesibili olukhulunywa kakhulu emhlabeni. Izwe manje elaziwa ngokuthi i-Estonia yanamuhla liye lahlalwa amaHomo sapiens kusukela okungenani ngo - 9000 BC. Abantu bomdabu base-Estonia bangenkathi ephakathi babengomunye wemiphakathi yokugcina yobuqaba eYurophu eyamukela ubuKristu ngemva kweMpi Yenkolo YaseLivonia eyagunyazwa uPapa ngekhulu le-13. Ngemva kwamakhulu eminyaka kubuswa i - Teutonic Order, iDenmark, iSweden, noMbuso WaseRussia, kwaqala ukuvela ubuzwe obuhlukile base - Estonia phakathi nekhulu le - 19. Lokhu kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngo-February 24, 1918, lapho i-Estonia imemezela ukuzimela kwayo embusweni waseRussia nowaseJalimane owawulwa ngaleso sikhathi. I-Democratic iningi lesikhathi esiphakathi kwempi, i-Estonia imemezele ukungathathi hlangothi ekuqhumeni kweMpi Yezwe II, kodwa izwe laphikiswa kaninginingi, lahlaselwa futhi lahlala, okokuqala yiSoviet Union ngo-1940, bese kuba yiJalimane lamaNazi ngo-1941, futhi ekugcineni laphinde lahlala ngo-1944, futhi lahlanganiswa ne-USSR njengeyunithi engaphansi kokuphatha (i-Estonian SSR). Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wamaSoviet wango-1944 kuya ku-1991, ukuqhubeka kombuso wase-Estonia ngokomthetho kwalondolozwa abameleli bezombusazwe kanye nohulumeni osekuthunjweni. Ngemva "kweNguquko Ehlabelelayo" yase-Estonia engenalo igazi ka-1988-1990, ukuzimela kwezwe empeleni eSoviet Union kwabuyiselwa ngo-August 20, 1991. I-Estonia iyizwe elithuthukile, elinomnotho othuthukile onemali engenayo ephezulu. Izwe lase-Estonia elizibuse ngokwalo lingumbuso wentando yeningi obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene obumbene Njengoba inabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu - 1,3 nje kuphela, ingelinye lamalungu anabantu abambalwa kunawo wonke e - European Union, e - Eurozone, e - OECD, eSchengen Area, naseNATO. Namuhla i-Estonia ivame ukubhekwa njengelinye lamazwe amathathu "aseBaltic" noma "amazwe aseBaltic".
I-Estonia iyisizwe esincane se-European Union esiseNyakatho Yurophu oLwandle iBaltic ngaphesheya kweFinland futhi inqamula iLativa ngaseningizimu neRussia ngasempumalanga. Njengoba inabantu abayizigidi ezingu-1,3 ingelinye lamazwe e-EU anabantu abambalwa kakhulu. Leli zwe lahlala ingxenye enkulu yekhulu lama - 20 lilawulwa iRussia njengengxenye ye - USSR. Namuhla yaziwa ngomnotho wayo othuthukile onemali engenayo ephezulu futhi njengelungu le-Eurozone, i-OECD, i-Schengen Area kanye ne-NATO.