Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik

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State motto: Kõigi maade proletaarlased, ühinege (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!)
Official language	Estonian, Russian (de facto)
Capital	Tallinn
Chairman of the Supreme Council	Arnold Rüütel (at the time of regaining independence)
Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until	July 21, 1940 August 6, 1940 August 20, 1991
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 13th in the USSR 45,226 km² 4.56%
Population  - Total (1989)  - Density	Ranked 15th (last) in the USSR 1,565,662 31,6/km²
Currency	Ruble (rubla)
Time zone	UTC + 3
Anthem	Anthem of Estonian SSR Listen (help· info)

The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, short: Estonian SSR (in Estonian: Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik, short: Eesti NSV) was the name given on July 21, 1940 to the satellite state created during World War II in the territory of the previously independent Republic of Estonia after it had been occupied by the Soviet army on June 17, 1940. The Estonian SSR was formally annexed into the Soviet Union (USSR) on August 6, 1940, when it nominally became the 16th constituent republic of the USSR. Its territory was subsequently conquered by Germany in 1941, before being reconquered and re-annexed by the Soviets in 1944. Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonian_SSR.svg Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: History of Estonia List of flags Estonian SSR Flag of Estonian SSR Flags of the Soviet Republics ... Insert non-formatted text here File links The following pages link to this file: Estonian SSR Coats of Arms of the Soviet Republics ... 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The Anthem of the Estonian SSR (Estonian: Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistliku Vabariigi Hümn) was the national anthem of Estonia when it was an union republic in the USSR, used from 1945 to 1990 (The lyrics were modified in 21st Jul. ... Image File history File links Estonia. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Satellite state is a political term that refers to a country which is formally independent but which is primarily subject to the domination of another, larger power. ... 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The United States, United Kingdom, and other western powers considered the annexation of Estonia by USSR illegal. They retained diplomatic relations with the representatives of the independent Republic of Estonia, never recognized the existence of the Estonian SSR de jure, and never recognized Estonia as a legal constituent part of the Soviet Union. The Stimson Doctrine is a policy of the United States government, enunciated in a note of January 7, 1932 to Japan and China, of non-recognition of international territorial changes effected by force. ... Look up De jure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary De jure (in Classical Latin de iure) is an expression that means based on law, as contrasted with de facto, which means in fact. The terms de jure and de facto are used like in principle and in practice when one...

The leadership of the 'Estonian SSR' renamed the state the 'Republic of Estonia' again on May 8, 1990. All legal ties of sovereignty were cut with the Soviet Union on August 20, 1991, when Estonia officially declared the regaining of its independence, full international recognition of which followed over the next couple of weeks. May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Sovereignty (French souveraineté, from medieval latin superanus which derives from classical Latin superus superior or overness; and from the Greek concept Basileus) is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (legislative, judicial and/or executive) authority over a geographic region, group of people or oneself. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In addition to the human and material losses suffered due to war, thousands of civilians were killed and tens of thousands of people deported from Estonia by the Soviet authorities until Joseph Stalin's death in 1953. The Soviet rule significantly slowed Estonia's economic growth, resulting in a wide "wealth gap" in comparison with its neighboring democratic countries (e.g., Finland, Sweden). In comparison with other parts of the USSR its economy fared better and today Estonia remains the wealthiest of the formerly Soviet-controlled states. (help· info) is the form usually used in English for the Russian name ofIosif Vissarionovich Stalin (Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), born with the Georgian name Ioseb Dzhugashvili (Иосиф Джугашвили); (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878 – March 5, 1953). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

See also

• Estonia
• Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
• History of Estonia
• Demographics of Estonia

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External links

• Museum of occupations of Estonia — Project by the Kistler-Ritso Estonian Foundation
• Could the Baltic States have resisted to the Soviet Union?
• Crimes of Soviet Communists — Wide collection of sources and links