Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

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.

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariikcode: et is deprecated  (Estonian) Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республикаcode: ru is deprecated  (Russian)
1940–1941, 1944–1990/91
Flag of Estonian SSR
Anthem:
Location of Estonia (red) within the Soviet Union Location of Estonia (red) within the Soviet Union
Status	Internationally unrecognized part of Soviet Union (1940–1941, 1944–1990/91)
Capital	Tallinn
Common languages	Estonian Russian
Religion	State atheism
Government	One-party Soviet socialist republic
Leader
• 1940–1941	Karl Säre
• 1944–1950	Nikolai Karotamm
• 1950–1978	Johannes Käbin
• 1978–1988	Karl Vaino
• 1988–1990	Vaino Väljas
Legislature	Supreme Soviet
Historical era	World War II · Cold War
• Soviet occupation	16 June 1940
•	21 July 1940
• Annexed by USSR	6 August 1940
• Nazi occupation	1941
• Soviet re-occupation SSR re-established	1944
• Estonian Sovereignty Declaration	16 November 1988
• Singing Revolution	1988
• Soviet occupation declared illegal	8 May 1990
•	20 August 1991
• Independence recognised by the USSR	6 September 1991
Area
1989	45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi)
Population
• 1989	1,565,662
Currency	Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR)
Calling code	7 014
Today part of	Estonia

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.

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Media

• Anthem-ssr-estonian-instr-1968.ogg

  Full instrumental version of the National Anthem of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

• Hitler Stalin Pakt Geheimes Zusatzprotokoll.jpg

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

• Victims of Soviet NKVD in Tartu, Estonia, 1941 - 001.jpg

  People massacred by the Soviet NKVD on 8 July 1941 in Tartu, Estonia

• Tallinn - 17 July 1940 - 0-54578.jpg

  Soviet-organised rally in Tallinn, July 1940

• Estonian communist leaders in Tallinn 24.7.1940.JPG

  Johannes Vares, Karl Säre, and other leaders of Estonian SSR, August 1940

• SovietPrisonDoorsTallinn.JPG

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

• 1967 CPA 3525.jpg

  Почтовая марка СССР к 50-летию Октябрьской революции. Эстонская ССР. Таллин.

• Soviet-era Estonian room in a museum.jpg

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

• StampUSSR1980 5095.jpg

  40th anniversary of the Estonian SSR, Soviet stamp