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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.
Population growth throughout the existence of the Estonian SSR was mainly due to immigration from other regions of the Soviet Union. [101] Although the percentage of Estonians in the total population of the Estonian SSR declined due to Soviet migration policies, the total number of ethnic Estonians increased over the Soviet period as a whole. [102]
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 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.
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]
The chairman of the Council of Ministers [1] of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was the second-highest official in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was in turn a part of the Soviet Union. Below is a list of office-holders:
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.