Emblem of the Estonian SSR was adopted by the

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authorities after the

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had occupied and annexed Estonia in August 1940. The

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features a sunrise accented by sunbeams, the

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for the victory of

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and the "world-wide socialist community of states", and the

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to represent the affiliation to communism. The emblem consists mainly of the colors red, yellow and green. In the lower part the interlaced text reads, in Estonian Eesti NSV (for ''Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik'', ''Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic''). To the right,

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stalks encircle the center of the coat of arms, and to the left arcs a branch of a

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. The banner bears the USSR State motto ("

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of all countries, unite!") in both

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(''Kõigi maade proletaarlased, ühinege!'') and Russian (Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! ''Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes′!''). The official usage of the Soviet emblem was discontinued in Estonia in 1990, as the country switched back to the original coat of arms of independent Estonia along with other national symbols, display of which had been banned under the Soviet rule.

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Estonian SSR The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an ethnically based adminis ...

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

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