Estonia in the Soviet Union (early flags)

Last modified: 2005-05-13 by antónio martins
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• Estonian Workers Commune of 1918
• Independence: 1920-1940
• Flag of 1940ʼs

• Estonia in the Soviet Union (1953-1991)
• Soviet Union
• Estonia

Estonian Workers Commune of 1918

Text in the canton: EESTI TÖÖRAHWA KOMMUNA | ESTLANDSKAJA TRUDOVAJA KOMMUNA ("Estonian Workers' Commune" in Estonian and Russian). Text in the field: NA BARIKADY ESTONSKIJ PROLETARIAT Za SOVJETSKUJU ESTLJANDIJU VELIKUJU VOLGU, URAL, SIBIR' Va IMJA III KOMMUNISTIChESKAGO INTERNACIONALA. ("On the barricades [stands] Estonian workers, for Soviet Estonia, Great Volga, Ural, Siberia, in the name of the III Communist International" in Russian).
Mark Sensen, 05 May 1996

Independence: 1920-1940

From 1920 to 1940, Estonia was independent again. German occupation in 1941-1944. In 1944 an estonian RSS was created within the Soviet Union.
António Martins, 21 Mar 2000

Flag of 1940ʼs

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