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19 August 1991. As the coup attempt was taking place in Moscow and with that the military and political attention of the Soviet Union otherwise occupied, various republics of the Soviet Union took the opportunity to declare their independence.
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.
11 sie 1991 · In November, the first Estonian Defence Forces sub-unit Estcoy (Estonian company) was deployed to Afghanistan Fighters of Estcoy-17 lowering the Estonian flag at Camp Shorabak (formerly Camp Bastion) military base on 9 May 2014. Photo: Wikipedia / US Marine Corps
3 mar 1991 · The Estonian Home Guard (Eesti Kodukaitse) placed vital objects in the city under surveillance, established security posts at the city's entrances, kept an eye on Soviet military stations, and patrolled Tallinn's streets in cars. Fortunately, there was no bloodshed in Estonia.
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.
20 sie 2016 · 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.
7 wrz 1991 · Sept. 7, 1991 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITERS. MOSCOW — Half a century after carving up the heart of Europe in secret with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union gave up the choicest of its spoils Friday by...
