For many Estonians, the monuments are lingering symbols of a half-century of dominance ... The Soviet Union occupied the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in 1940 and ruled them ...

But the first time the evergreen was used as a Christmas tree was either in Tallinn, Estonia or Riga ... But why are bells Christmas symbols? These Christmas ornaments have a history that is ...

Estonia’s prime minister has been put on a ... a belated purge of what many see as symbols of past oppression. Moscow has denounced those moves as a desecration of memory of Soviet soldiers ...