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Revision as of 13:03, 18 March 2007 by Cmapm (talk | contribs) (rv removal of referenced inf. and reinstallation of a spam link as identified by Shadowbot)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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 puppet 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 Nazi Germany in 1941, before being reconquered and re-annexed by the Soviets in 1944.
The United States, United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, and other western powers first considered the annexation of Estonia by USSR illegal, but recognized all borders of the USSR after the World War II.
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.
Soviet rule raised the economy of pre-war Estonia, for example, republic's power output per year raised from 190 million KWh in 1940 to 16,712 million in 1975 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. In comparison with other parts of the USSR its economy fared better and today Estonia remains the wealthiest of the formerly Soviet-controlled states.
See also
References
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, entry on "Эстонская ССР", available online here
External links
- Museum of occupations of Estonia — Project by the Kistler-Ritso Estonian Foundation
- Estonian International Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity
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