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Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik
Type of subdivision of (the) Former Country
1940–1991
Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
Anthem of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Location of Estonian SSR
Location of the Estonian SSR (red) within the Soviet Union.
Capital city Tallinn
Government Soviet Socialist Republic
Historical era World War II · Cold War
 -  Soviet occupation June 16, 1940
 -  SSR established July 21 1940
 -  Illegally annexed by USSR, Estonia continued de jure August 9, 1940
 -  Nazi occupation 1941
 -  Soviet re-occupation
SSR re-established		 1944
 -  Estonian Sovereignty Declaration November 16, 1988
 -  Disestablished August 20 1991
 -  Recognized September 6, 1991
Area
 -  1989 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi)
Population
 -  1989 1,565,662 
Density 34.6 /km2  (89.7 /sq mi)

The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, or Estonian SSR or ESSR, was a republic of the Soviet Union. It was administered by and subordinated to the Government of the Soviet Union.

The ESSR replaced the Republic of Estonia on 21 July 1940, after the invasion of Soviet troops on 17 June 1940. A puppet government backed by the Soviet Union, declared Estonia to be a Soviet state. The Estonian SSR was taken into the USSR on 9 August 1940. The independence of the Republic of Estonia was reestablished on 20 August 1991.

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  • Hitler Stalin Pakt Geheimes Zusatzprotokoll

    According to the 23 August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania were divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence" (German copy)

  • Tallinn - 17 July 1940 - 0-54578

    Soviet-organised rally in Tallinn, July 1940

  • Estonian communist leaders in Tallinn 24.7.1940

    Karl Säre with other Estonian Communist Party officials in Tallinn, July 1940

  • Stalin Lenin jk

    A propaganda poster from the Stalin era. The poster says: "The spirit of the great Lenin and his victorious banner encourage us now in the Patriotic War."

  • SovietPrisonDoorsTallinn

    Soviet prison doors on display in the Museum of Occupations, Tallinn, Estonia

  • 1967 CPA 3525

    1967 Soviet stamp

  • Soviet-era Estonian room in a museum

    A reconstruction of a typical Soviet-era living room, in a museum in central Tallinn.

  • P2rnu maantee 26 06 1983

    Tatra T3 along the Pärnu maantee street in Tallinn on June 26, 1983

  • 24.02. kell 8.33. 1989 Toompeal (02)

    The blue-black-white flag of Estonia was raised on Pikk Hermann on February 24, 1989.

  • Baltic states borders

    Border changes of Estonia after World War II

  • Johan Laidoner NKVD 1941

    1941 mugshot of kindral Johan Laidoner after his arrest 1940

  • Tallinna lauluväljak 1980

    Estonian Song Festival in Tallinn in 1980

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