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At 23:02 on the evening of 20 August 1991, during a live broadcast carried out by Estonian Television, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia voted on the confirm of its Restoration of Independence.
3 mar 1991 · The negotiations about the departure of the Soviet troops started with the independence of Estonia on September 20, 1991, but difficulties arose with the fall of Soviet Union in December and the creation of the Russian Federation.
20 sie 2024 · On August 20, 1991, an attempted coup by Communist hardliners in Moscow precipitated a succession of events in Estonia that, on the same day, led to a resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR to declare the country's independence from the collapsing Soviet Union.
30 sie 2024 · 31 August 2024 marks 30 years since the last Soviet – or Russian, as the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991 – troops left Estonia, completing the restoration of the country’s independence from Soviet occupation.
20 lis 2019 · On August 20, 1991, the Estonian Supreme Council declared the country’s independence, and by August 25, Estonia had foiled an attempt by Soviet paramilitary groups to take over the country. This started with the failed attempt to take over the TV transmitting tower in Tallinn, an incident that is celebrated on August 20 every year.
Russia re-recognized the Republic of Estonia on 24 August 1991, after the failed Soviet coup attempt, as one of the first countries to do so. Diplomatic relations were established on 24 October 1991. The Soviet Union recognized the independence of Estonia on 6 September.
20 sie 2017 · Despite — or perhaps movitaved by — the presence of Soviet forces in the capital, that night, on August 20, 1991, at 11:02 p.m., the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia voted in favor of the Resolution on the National Independence of Estonia.
