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List Of Members Of The Supreme Soviet Of The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1955–1959
This is a list of members of the fourth legislature of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic which was the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic's legislative chamber between 1940 and 1941, and between 1944 and 1992. The session ran from 4 March 1955 to 4 March 1959,Jaan Toomla, Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999' (National Library of Estonia, 1999), p. 91. and followed the 1955 Estonian Supreme Soviet election in which only Bloc of Communists and Non-Party Candidates was the only party able to contest the elections. List of members Source: Jaan Toomla, Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999' (National Library of Estonia The National Library of Estonia ( et, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu) is a national public institution in Estonia, which operates pursuant to the National Library of Estonia Act (). It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Soviet Of The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR ( Estonian: ''Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu'') was the rubber stamp "legislative assembly" of the Estonian SSR – an administrative subunit of the Soviet Union in 1940–1991. After its first democratic elections on 18 March 1990, the institution was renamed the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia on 8 May 1990. Organization The structure and formal functions of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR were copied from the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. The sessions of the Supreme Soviet lasted only several days twice a year and decisions were made unanimously and without much discussion. Supreme Soviet elections were irregular until 1975 and were held every five years in 1975–1985. The Supreme Soviet gathered in Tallinn, in the Toompea Castle building which now houses the Riigikogu. Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet Presidents of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet The presidium was the permanent body of the Supreme Soviet. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an ethnically based administrative subdivision of the former Soviet Union (USSR) covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia in 1940–1941 and 1944–1991. The Estonian SSR was nominally established to replace the until then independent Republic of Estonia on 21 July 1940, a month after the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet military invasion and occupation of the country during World War II. After the installation of a Stalinist government which, backed by the occupying Soviet Red Army, declared Estonia a Soviet constituency, the Estonian SSR was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union as a "union republic" on 6 August 1940. Estonia was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941, and administered as a part of ''Reichskommissariat Ostland'' until it was reconquere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Estonia
The National Library of Estonia ( et, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu) is a national public institution in Estonia, which operates pursuant to the National Library of Estonia Act (). It was established as the parliamentary library () of Estonia on December 21, 1918. According to the act, the National Library of Estonia is the custodian of Estonian national memory and heritage, and acts as the repository centre of the Estonian literature and national bibliography, the main information provider for the Estonian parliament and many other constitutional institutions, a national centre of library and information sciences, a site for the continuing education of librarians, and also as a cultural centre. Since September 16, 2008, the director general of the National Library is . Functions The National Library of Estonia is: * a national library, collecting, storing and making publicly accessible the documents published in Estonia or about Estonia, regardless of their place of publication, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Estonian Supreme Soviet Election
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR were held on 27 February 1955.Olev LiivikFormation of the Supreme Soviet of the ESSR: Elections and the principles of assembling Estonian Institute of Historical Memory, p3 The Bloc of Communists and Non-Party Candidates was the only party able to contest the elections,Liivik, p2 and won all 125 seats. Results See also * List of members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1955–1959 References Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ... Single-candidate elections One-party elections 1955 in Estonia Parliamentary elections in Estonia Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic {{Estonia-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloc Of Communists And Non-Party Candidates
Bloc may refer to: Government and politics * Political bloc, a coalition of political parties * Trade bloc, a type of intergovernmental agreement * Voting bloc, a group of voters voting together Other uses * Bloc (code school), an educational website * Bloc Hotels, a British hotel chain See also * * * Block (other) * Bloc Party, a band * Bloc party, a political party that is a constituent member of an electoral bloc * Bloc Québécois, a political party in Canada * Block voting, or bloc voting, types of electoral systems * Eastern Bloc The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ..., a former group of communist states during the Cold War * Western Bloc, countries aligned with the United States during the Cold War {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Abels
Georg Abels (2 October 1898 Pärnu – 30 October 1967 Tallinn) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the II Riigikogu. He was not originally elected as a member of II Riigikogu, but he become a member to subsistute Jaan Tomp. Acknowldgements *Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ... (1950) *1964 Meritorious Cultural Figure of the Estonian SSR (1964) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Abels, Georg 1898 births 1967 deaths Politicians from Pärnu People from Kreis Pernau Workers' United Front politicians Estonian communists Communist Party of Estonia politicians Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia People's commissars and ministers of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Members of the Riigikogu, 1923–1926 Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Ansberg
Aleksander Ansberg (27 February 1909 – 20 February 1975) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of Estonia. Ansberg was born in Gatchina, in the Tsarskoselsky Uyezd of the Saint Petersburg Governorate of the Russian Empire. He was Deputy Chairman of the Estonian SSR Council of Ministers 1950–1953,OSTEUROPA, issue: 04/1953 - Umschau, ESTLAND Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Tallinn Oblast Soviet 1953, Minister of Culture 1953–1963, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and Acting List of chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic 7 October – 22 December 1970. He died on 20 February 1975 in Tallinn. Orders *1950: Order of Lenin *Two Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Orders of the Red Banner of Labour *Order of the Badge of Honour Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Ernesaks
Gustav Ernesaks (12 December 1908 – 24 January 1993) was an Estonian composer and a choir conductor. Biography Ernesaks was born in Perila, Peningi Parish. He played an integral role in the Singing Revolution and was one of the father figures of the Estonian Song Festival tradition. One of his songs, a setting of Lydia Koidula's poem ''Mu isamaa on minu arm'', became an unofficial national anthem during the years of Estonian SSR. His performance of the song at the XVII Estonian Song Festival was one of the inspirations for Dmitri Shostakovich's 1970 a capella choral cycle, '' Loyalty''. He dedicated the score to Ernesaks, who also premiered it in Tallinn. He also composed the Estonian SSR anthem used between 1945 and 1990. In 1935, Ernesaks married Stella Merjam. They had three sons: Ott Ernesaks, Jüri Ernesaks and Peep Ernesaks. Stella died in 1973. Ernesaks died in Tallinn, aged 84. A statue of him was erected in 2004 on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. Honours an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Jakobson
August Jakobson (2 September 1904 – 23 May 1963) was an Estonian writer and politician. He was one of the few Estonian playwright among his contemporaries whose plays were untouched by Soviet censorship and reached other Soviet states. He has been described as the leading Stalinist in Soviet Estonian drama. In the 1960s his work was described as "ideologically militant". Born Augustin Jakobson in Pärnu, he was the son of Mihkel Jakobson and Maria Jakobson (''née'' Moritson). Jakobson graduated from school in 1926 in Pärnu, then studied economics at the University of Tartu from 1926 to 1929 and medicine from 1931 to 1935. However, he left school without acquiring a formal degree. His debut novel, ''Vaeste-patuste alev'' (1927), won the first place award in a literary competition sponsored by the publishing house Loodus. He was the head of the Estonian Writers' Union in 1939–1940 and in 1944–1946 (then known as Writers' Union of the Estonian SSR). From August 1940, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
