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The Livonian Order is dissolved. The Bailiwick of Maasilinna of the former Livonian Order in Saaremaa and Hiiumaa refuses to recognize Lithuanian power. 1564: The Bailiwick of Maasilinna gives itself under Danish rule. 1573: 1 January: The Russians occupied Pärnu (Pernau) in Western Estonia and the fortress of Weissenstein (Paide). 1578
Both the Congress of Estonia and the Supreme Council dissolved themselves in October 1992, with the swearing-in of the first parliament elected under the new constitution in September 1992. Many Russians in Estonia were disenfranchised from the election, with the question of their citizenship caused ongoing political tensions. [ 42 ]
Dissolved: suspended from 17 June 1940 – 21 August 1991 (de facto) State: Republic of Estonia: Leader: Prime Minister of Estonia: Appointed by: President of Estonia: Main organ: Government Office of Estonia: Headquarters: Rahukohtu 3, 15161 Tallinn, Estonia: Website: www.valitsus.ee /en
The Congress of Estonia in session (in the Estonia Theatre building, Tallinn, February 1992). The Congress of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Kongress) was a grassroots parliament elected in February 1990 in then Soviet-occupied Estonia and actively participating in the popular nonviolent resistance to the Soviet rule, which resulted in the restoration of the country's independence from the Soviet ...
Estonia's primary legation was the Consulate General in New York City. Under the American Stimson Doctrine , the legitimacy of the Soviet occupation of Baltic states was never recognized. As primary diplomatic authority was exercised by the Estonian consulate in New York City, [ 8 ] the government-in-exile's role from Oslo was, to a great ...
Estonia, [b] officially the Republic of Estonia, [c] is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. [ d ] It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland , to the west by the sea across from Sweden , to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Russia .
As state institutions dissolved, Estonia began moving towards self-governance. Elections for the Tallinn Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies took place, with the council convening for the first time on March 16, signaling the start of more organized local governance.
The four countries on the Baltic Sea that were formerly parts of the Russian Empire – Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – consolidated their borders and independence after the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian independence wars following the end of World War I by 1920 (see Treaty of Tartu, Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty and Soviet-Lithuanian Treaty of 1920).