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Tapa, Estonia

Tapa is a small town in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, a railway junction on the line from Tallinn to Narva and Tartu. It has long been an important military base. Since 2017 it has hosted a British-led NATO multinational battlegroup, deployed after Russia's annexation of Crimea to strengthen the alliance's presence in the Baltic states.

Tapa, Estonia
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tapa, Estonia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tapa-estonia
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