Religion in Estonia as well as Latvia, some evangelical Christian clergy attempted to resist the Soviet policy of state atheism by engaging in anti-regime activities such as Bible smuggling. The text titled "World and Its Peoples: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland", published by the Marshall Cavendish, states that in addition to the Soviet antireligious campaign in Estonia, which mandated the confiscation of church property and deportation of theologians to Siberia, many "churches were destroyed in the German occupation of Estonia, from 1941 through 1944, and in World War II (1939-1945)". After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, this antireligious legislation was annulled. Less
Estonia national rugby league team the inaugural entrance of the Estonia into international competition. They played in the Central Europe Development Tri-Nations against Germany and Austria. Both of Estonia's games were high scoring, but they lost both matches. Central Europe Development Tri-Nations In 2008 Estonia them entered the RLEF European Bowl. This tournament was originally scheduled to be contested among Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine. However, Ukraine was unable to play in the competition, so it became a two game test series, with Latvia taking both matches. European Bowl The 2009 European Bowl was again scheduled to include Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine. Ukraine was able to