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During the campaign about 200.000 of Estonian citizens chose a new surname to replace their original family name. A smaller part of the people also Estonianized their first name(s) at the same time. The Estonianization of names stopped almost completely after the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Estonia in 1940.
Estonian art music came to the forefront as a part of the national romantic movement. [citation needed] The indie folk rock band Ewert and The Two Dragons are among the best known Estonian bands, having had success in Europe and signing with Warner Bros. Records and winning the European Border Breakers Award in 2012.
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In the same year this spelling was officially endorsed by the Estonian government, alongside Estonie in French, and Estland in German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish. [22] In the Finnish language the neighbouring country Estonia is known as Viro, a toponym corresponding to the north Estonian region of Virumaa.
The project has been developed by Estonian Institute since 2000. [1] It is sponsored by, among others, Tiigrihüpe. Materials of Estonica are available in Estonian as well as Russian and English, and are reusable under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.
Pages in category "Estonian masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 255 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The group behind the idea was the Estonian National Fishery Association. A panel of judges overruled the vote on the grounds that as a traditional staple of the Estonian diet, the Baltic herring has been more important for more people through the country's history. Baltic herring has been near Estonian coast for 5,000 years.