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unusual facts about Estonian SSR



Freedom Monument

The three stars were said to stand for the newly created Baltic Soviet RepublicsEstonian SSR, Latvian SSR, and Lithuanian SSR – held aloft by Mother Russia and the monument was said to have been erected after World War II as a sign of popular gratitude toward the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin for the liberation of the Baltic States.

Linnahall

As inland Moscow had no suitable venue at which to stage the sailing event this task fell to Tallinn, the capital of then Estonian SSR.


see also

Mart Port

In 1972 he received the State Prize of the Estonian SSR, and in 1978 the title of People's Architect of the USSR.

Vaino

Vaino Väljas (born 1931), Estonian Soviet politician, Chairman of the 6th Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR