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Estonian Restoration of Independence, legally defined as the Restoration of the Republic of Estonia, was proclaimed on 20 August 1991.On that day at 23:02 [1] local time, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia, in agreement with the Estonian Committee (the executive organ of the Congress of Estonia), declared the illegal Soviet occupation and annexation of the country terminated, and ...
3 March – 1991 Estonian independence referendum. [1]Latvia and Estonia voted for independence from the Soviet Union. The United States recognized the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Toompea Castle (Toompea loss). Around 1050, the first fortress was built on Tallinn - Toompea. [3]As an important port for trade between Novgorod and Scandinavia, it became a target for the expansion of the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Denmark during the period of Northern Crusades in the beginning of the 13th century when Christianity was forcibly imposed on the local population.
On 22 August 1991, Iceland (independent country since 1944) announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Estonia, and Iceland thus became the first foreign country to formally recognise the fully restored independence of Estonia in 1991. Today, a plaque commemorating this event is situated on the outside wall of the Foreign Ministry ...
The Vabamu or Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom (Estonian: Okupatsioonide ja vabaduse muuseum Vabamu) in Tallinn, Estonia, is located at the corner of Toompea St. and Kaarli Blvd. It was opened on July 1, 2003, and is dedicated to the 1940-1991 period in the history of Estonia , [ 1 ] when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union ...
In August 1991, the hard-line members attempted to take control of the Soviet Union. A day after the coup on 21 August, the Estonians proclaimed full independence, after an independence referendum was held in Estonia on 3 March 1991, [78] alongside a similar referendum in Latvia the same month. It was approved by 78.4% of voters with an 82.9% ...
First recorded great fire in Tallinn. [3] 1435: The Livonian Confederation is established to solve internal disputes in Livonia. 1440: The Livonian Order becomes self-governing from the Teutonic Order. 1464: Plague kills 2/3 of population of Tallinn. [3] 1480-1481: First war between Old Livonia and Muscovite Russia. [3] 1500: Estonian ...
It covers Tallinn's history from pre-history until 1991, when Estonia regained its independence. [92] Tallinn City Museum owns nine more departments and museums around the city, [92] one of which is Tallinn's Museum of Photography, also located just behind the Town Hall. It features permanent exhibition that covers 100 years of photography in ...