 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Sezvo kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika kwakaitika muSoviet Union yese muma1980, panguva yezviitiko zveBaltic Way, Estonia yakazivisa hutongi pamusoro penyika yayo muna 1988, iyo yakadzorera kuzvimiririra kwayo de facto musi wa8 Chivabvu 1990 uye yakazivisa kutonga kweSoviet zvisiri pamutemo. Kutevera kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakakundikanamuMoscow, kuzvitonga kuzere de facto kwenyika kwakadzorerwa mushure mekunge mauto eSoviet akundikana kutora Tallinn TV Tower musi wa20 Nyamavhuvhu 1991. Soviet State Council yakaziva rusununguko rweEstonia musi wa6 September 1991. Kubva muna 2004, Estonia yave iri nhengo yeNATO uye yeEuropean Union. 