The Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik or Eesti) is a country in Northern Europe. Estonia is separated from Finland in the north by the narrow Gulf of Finland and from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea. Estonia has land borders with its fellow Baltic country Latvia to the south and Russia to the east.
The capital of Estonia is Tallinn .
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic