Estonian SSR

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика
←   ← 1940-1941 1944-1991 →   →
Flag Coat of arms
Motto "Kõigi maade proletaarlased, ühinege!" (English: "Workers of the world, unite!")
Anthem "Jää kestma, Kalevite kange rahvas" (English: "Endure, heroic people of Kalevs")
Capital	Tallinn
Language(s)	Russian, Estonian
Government	Socialist republic
- 1986–1991	Karl Vaino
History
- Established	July 21, 1940
- Disestablished	August 20, 1991 1991
Area
- 1991	45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi)
Population
- 1991 est.	1,565,662
Density	34.6 /km2  (89.7 /sq mi)
Currency	Ruble (SUR) (Estonian: rubla)
Internet TLD	.su
Calling code	+7
1Official names of the USSR
247,549 km² were defined according to the Tartu Peace Treaty in 1920 between Estonia and Russia. The ceded areas include the Petseri County and the boundary in the north of Lake Peipus as well as the lands behind the city of Narva including Ivangorod (Jaanilinn).

The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Estonian: Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik; Russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Estonskaya Sovetskaya Sotsalisticheskaya Respublika), often abbreviated as Estonian SSR or ESSR, was a republic of the Soviet Union, administered by and subordinated to the Government of the Soviet Union. The ESSR was initially established on the territory of the Republic of Estonia on July 21, 1940, following the invasion of Soviet troops on June 17, 1940 and the installation of a puppet government backed by the Soviet Union, which declared Estonia a Soviet state. The Estonian SSR was subsequently incorporated into the USSR on August 9, 1940.