Estonian SSR

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The Estonian SSR was a Soviet socialist republic on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea that existed from 1940 to 1991 as part of the USSR, encompassing the territory of present-day Estonia.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet socialist republic
former administrative territorial entity
anthem My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy
surface form: "Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" (adapted version during some periods)
borderedBy Latvian SSR
Russian SFSR
borderedBySea Baltic Sea
capital Tallinn
coatOfArms emblem of the Estonian SSR
continent Europe
country Soviet Union
currency Soviet ruble
endTime 1991
establishedBy Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
surface form: Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940
executiveBody Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR
flag flag of the Estonian SSR
followedBy Estonia
surface form: Republic of Estonia
governmentForm socialist republic
hadDeportations June deportation (1941)
March deportation (1949)
hadResistanceMovement Forest Brothers
hasTerritory present-day Estonia
ideology Marxism–Leninism
incorporationDateIntoUSSR 6 August 1940
independenceRestored 20 August 1991
judicialBody Supreme Court of the Estonian SSR
legalStatusInWesternStates non-recognition of annexation by most Western countries
legislature Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR
locatedIn Baltic Sea region
surface form: Baltic region
locatedOn eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
mainReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Lutheranism (historically predominant)
officialLanguage Estonian
Russian
partOf Soviet Union
politicalSystem one-party state
populationMajorityEthnicity Estonians
precededBy interwar Republic of Estonia
surface form: Republic of Estonia (1918–1940)
rulingParty Communist Party of Estonia
securityOrgan KGB
surface form: KGB of the Estonian SSR
significantMinorityEthnicity Belarusians
Russians
Ukrainians
startTime 1940
subdivisionTypeInUSSR union republic
timeZone Moscow Time
surface form: Moscow Time (for much of its existence)
usedScript Latin alphabet
wasMemberOf Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Warsaw Pact
surface form: Warsaw Pact (through the USSR)

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Arnold Koop workLocation Estonian SSR
Arnold Koop partOf Estonian SSR
this entity surface form: Estonian SSR political leadership
Arnold Koop residence Estonian SSR
All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions operatedIn Estonian SSR
this entity surface form: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Criminal Codes of the Union Republics inForceIn Estonian SSR
this entity surface form: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Stalker (1979 film) filmingLocation Estonian SSR
Soviet Socialist Republics includedRepublic Estonian SSR
this entity surface form: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Narva wasPartOf Estonian SSR
Restoration of Estonian independence precededBy Estonian SSR
this entity surface form: Estonian SSR within the Soviet Union
Latvian SSR borderedBy Estonian SSR
History of Estonia includesEvent Estonian SSR
this entity surface form: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic