Estonia: Polity Style: 1918-2012 |
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| 23 Feb 1918 | declaration of independence proclaimed on behalf of the Eesti Maapäev (Estonian National Council) in Pärnu |
| 23 Feb 1918 - 25 Feb 1918 | Eesti Vabariik |
| 24 Feb 1918 | national government takes office; independence manifesto is distributed in Tallinn (solemn proclamation follows 25 Feb 1918) [1] |
| 25 Feb 1918 | armed forces of the German Reich occupy Tallinn and, subsequently, the territory of Estonia |
| 8 Nov 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 | incorporated into Baltischer Staat |
| 11 Nov 1918 | national government takes office in Tallinn |
| 11 Nov 1918 - 21 Jul 1940 | Eesti Vabariik |
| 21 Jul 1940 - 28 Aug 1941 | Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik |
| 22 Jul 1940 | declaration on accession to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics passed by Estonian legislature |
| 6 Aug 1940 | constituent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| 28 Aug 1941 | armed forces of the German Reich occupy Tallinn and, subsequently, the territory of Estonia |
| 5 Dec 1941 | incorporated into Reichskommissariat Ostland as Generalbezirk Estland |
| 22 Sep 1944 | armed forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics occupy Tallinn (de facto restoration of Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik) |
| 22 Sep 1944 - 8 May 1990 | Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik |
| 16 Nov 1988 | declaration of state sovereignty |
| 30 Mar 1990 | resolution of national legislature on transition period for the restoration of statehood |
| 8 May 1990 - | Eesti Vabariik |
| 20 Aug 1991 | resolution of national legislature on restoration of statehood |
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| [1] | Some versions of the independence manifesto are dated 21 Feb 1918. |
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