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The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, [b] (abbreviated Estonian SSR, Soviet Estonia, or simply Estonia ⓘ) was an administrative subunit (union republic) of the former Soviet Union (USSR), [1] [2] covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia in 1940–1941 and 1944–1991.
A new Stalinist "people's parliament" was "elected" on 14 and 15 July (with only members of the Soviet-backed Estonian Working People's Union allowed to stand for election), and the newly formed chamber announced the establishment of the "Estonian SSR" on 21 July and the self-proclaimed state was annexed by the Soviet Union on 6 August 1940.
This marked the first time since the formation of the Estonian SSR that the Supreme Soviet's elections were open and freely contestable (and the first democratic elections for the country's legislature since 1932). On 8 May 1990, the name of the body was changed to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia.
The chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was the presiding officer of that assembly. It is not to be confused with the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic; he was the head of state. Below is a list of the office-holders:
List of chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic; List of chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic; List of chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic; List of First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of ...
The Baltic partisans resisted Soviet rule by armed struggle for many years. The Estonian Forest brothers, as they were known, enjoyed material support among the local population. [5] The Soviets had already carried out deportations in 1940–41, but the deportations between 1944 and 1952 were much larger in number. [4]
On 30 March 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR adopted a resolution on the state status of Estonia.The resolution declared that the Soviet occupation of 17 June 1940 did not de jure interrupt the existence of the Republic of Estonia, the Supreme Soviet declared the state power of the Estonian SSR illegal from the moment of its establishment and proclaimed the start of a transitional ...
The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (Estonian: Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu) was the formal rubber stamp legislative body of the Estonian SSR without any substantive meaning, which was formally elected in general elections, but whose members were essentially appointed by the leadership of the Communist Party.