Institution

Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR

1940–1992 · 20th century · Also known as Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia

The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR was the legislature of Soviet Estonia. On 16 November 1988 it declared Estonia's sovereignty and the supremacy of its laws over those of the Soviet Union. Elected freely in 1990 and renamed the Supreme Council, it declared the restoration of full independence on 20 August 1991, during the failed coup in Moscow.

Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR
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