Commune of the Working People of Estonia

Estonian Workers' Commune
Eesti Töörahva Kommuuna
1918–1919
Flag of Estonia
Location of Estonia in northern Europe.
Location of Estonia in northern Europe.
StatusState of Russian SFSR (until December 7th, 1918)[3]
CapitalNarva
Common languagesEstonian
Russian
GovernmentSoviet republic
Chairmana 
• 1918–1919
Jaan Anvelt
LegislatureSoviet council
History 
• Established
29 November 1918
• Disestablished
5 June 1919
ISO 3166 codeEE
  1. Chairman (Esimees) of the Soviet of the Commune of the Working People of Estonia (Eesti Töörahva Kommuuni Nõukogu).

The Estonian Workers' Commune[3] (Estonian: Eesti Töörahva Kommuun, initially Eesti Töörahwa Kommuuna; Russian: Эстляндская трудовая коммуна Estlyandskaya trudovaya kommuna, ЭТК or ETK, also Estonian Labour Commune[4] and Commune of the Working People of Estonia[5]) was a government claiming the Bolshevik-occupied parts of Republic of Estonia as its territories during the Estonian War of Independence and the Russian Civil War.[6] It was recognised as an independent state only by Russian SFSR on December 7th, 1918.[3]

  1. ^ "Eesti muuseumide veebivärav - Eesti Töörahva Kommuuni lipp".
  2. ^ Эстонский флаг, эстонский герб. Авита. 2005. ISBN 978-9985-2-1053-6.
  3. ^ a b c Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914-1921. Oxford University Press. 22 January 2024. ISBN 978-0-19-979421-8.
  4. ^ Survival and Consolidation: The Foreign Policy of Soviet Russia, 1918-1921. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 27 April 1992. ISBN 978-0-7735-6285-1.
  5. ^ Cultural Transformations After Communism: Central and Eastern Europe in Focus. Nordic Academic Press. 8 January 2011. ISBN 978-91-87121-83-8.
  6. ^ Arjakas, Küllo; Laur, Mati; Lukas, Tõnis; Mäesalu, Ain (1991). Eesti ajalugu [History of Estonia] (in Estonian). Tallinn: Koolibri. p. 261.

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