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ESTONIAN SSR ANTHEM = Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistliku Vabariigi hümn
ESTONIAN SSR ANTHEM = Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistliku Vabariigi hümn
LYRICS
LYRICS
Estonian
English translation
I
Jää kestma, Kalevite kange rahvas,
ja seisa kaljuna, me kodumaa!
Ei vaibund kannatustes sinu vahvus,
end läbi sajanditest murdsid sa
ja tõusid õitsvaks sotsialismimaaks,[b]
et päikene su päevadesse paista saaks.
II
Nüüd huuga, tehas, vili, nurmel vooga,
sirp, lõika, alasile, haamer, löö!
Nõukogu elu, tuksu võimsa hooga,
too õnne rahvale, me tubli töö!
Me Liidu rahvaste ja riike seas
sa, Eesti, sammu esimeste kindlas reas!
III[c]
Sa kõrgel Leninlikku lippu kannad
ja julgelt kommunismi rada käid.
Partei me sammudele suuna annab
ja võidult võitudele viib ta meid.
Ta kindlal juhtimisel kasva sa
ja tugevaks ning kauniks saa, me kodumaa!
I
Endure, strong people of the Kalevs
And stand as a boulder, our homeland!
Your courage did not subside in the sufferings,
You broke yourself through the centuries,
and became a flourishing socialist country,[b]
So the sun could shine in your days.
II
Now roar, factories, wave, cornfields;
Reap, sickle and strike, anvil and hammer!
May the Soviet life, in full swing
Bring happiness to the people through good labor!
Among the people and nations of our union,
You, Estonia, march at the firm forefront!
III[c]
You’re holding the Flag of Lenin high,
And boldly following the path of Communism.
Our Party will give us direction
And will lead us from victory to victory.
You will grow under its firm leadership
And become strong and beautiful, our Homeland!
ESTONIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
ESTONIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik (Estonian)
Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
1940–1941, 1944–1991
Anthem: "Anthem of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic"
Status
Internationally unrecognized territory occupied by the Soviet Union
(1940–1941, 1944–1990/91)
Capital
Common languages
Religion
Government
Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet-style socialist republic (1940–1989)
Unitary parliamentary republic (1989–1991)[a]
• 1940–1941
• 1944–1950
• 1950–1978
• 1978–1988
• 1988–1990
Head of local Soviet legislature
• 1940–1946 (first)
• 1983–1990 (last)
Head of local Soviet government
• 1940–1941 (first)
• 1988–1990 (last)
Legislature
Historical era
• Soviet invasion and occupation
16 June 1940
• SSR declared
21 July 1940
• Annexed into the Soviet Union
6 August 1940
1941–1944
1944–1991
• Beginning of the Singing Revolution
1988
• Soviet occupation declared illegal
8 May 1990
• Restoration of the fully independent Republic of Estonia
20 August 1991
• Independent Republic of Estonia recognised by the USSR
6 September 1991
Area
1989
45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi)
Population
• 1989
1,565,662
Currency
Calling code
7 014
BEFORE AND AFTER ESTONIAN SSR
BEFORE AND AFTER ESTONIAN SSR
ESTONIAN SSR
ESTONIAN SSR
The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as the Estonian SSR, Soviet Estonia, or simply Estonia, was a union republic and an ethnically based administrative subdivision of the former Soviet Union (USSR)[1][2] covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia in 1940–1941 and 1944–1991. The Estonian SSR was nominally established to replace the until then independent Republic of Estonia on 21 July 1940, a month after the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet military invasion and occupation of the country during World War II. After the installation of a Stalinist government[3] which, backed by the occupying Soviet Red Army, declared Estonia a Soviet constituency, the Estonian SSR was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union as a "union republic" on 6 August 1940.[4][5] Estonia was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941, and administered as a part of Reichskommissariat Ostland until it was reconquered by the USSR in 1944.
The majority of the world's countries[6] did not recognise the incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union de jure and only recognised its Soviet administration de facto or not at all.[7][8] A number of countries continued to recognise Estonian diplomats and consuls who still functioned in the name of their former government.[9][10] This policy of non-recognition gave rise to the principle of legal continuity, which held that de jure, Estonia remained an independent state under occupation throughout the period 1940–1991.[11]
On 16 November 1988, Estonia became the first of the then Soviet-controlled countries to declare state sovereignty from the central government in Moscow. On 30 March 1990, the newly elected parliament declared that the Republic of Estonia had been illegally occupied since 1940, and formally announced a transitional period for the restoration of the country's full independence. Subsequently, on 8 May 1990, the use of all Soviet symbols in Estonia was officially abolished and from the "Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic" two words, "Soviet" and "Socialist", were dropped, effectively returning to the name "Republic of Estonia". The parliament of Estonia declared the re-establishment of full independence on 20 August 1991. The Soviet Union formally recognised the independence of Estonia on 6 September 1991.
EMBLEM OF THE ESTONIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
EMBLEM OF THE ESTONIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
Emblem of the Estonian SSR was adopted by the Stalinist authorities after the Soviet Union had occupied and annexed Estonia in August 1940. The emblem features a sunrise accented by sunbeams, the hammer and sickle for the victory of communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states", and the red star to represent the affiliation to communism. The emblem consists mainly of the colors red, yellow and green.[1]
In the lower part the interlaced text reads, in Estonian Eesti NSV (for Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic). To the right, rye stalks encircle the center of the coat of arms, and to the left arcs a branch of a coniferous tree.[2]
The banner bears the USSR State motto ("Proletarians of all countries, unite!") in both Estonian (Kõigi maade proletaarlased, ühinege!) and Russian (Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes′!).
The official usage of the Soviet emblem was discontinued in Estonia in 1990, as the country switched back to the original coat of arms of independent Estonia along with other national symbols, display of which had been banned under the Soviet rule.
ESTONIAN SSR
ESTONIAN SSR
Location of annexed Estonia (red) within the USSR (as of 1945–1991)
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