Vaps Movement

The Vaps Movement is the popular name for the Union of Participants in the Estonian War of Independence (Estonian: Eesti Vabadussõjalaste Keskliit, later Eesti Vabadussõjalaste Liit), a far-right and authoritarian Estonian political organization, whose members were commonly called Vaps (vabadussõjalased, or colloquially vapsid; singular: vaps). Founded in 1929, born out of associations of veterans of the Estonian War of Independence, emerging as a radical right-wing popular movement. The leaders of this association were Andres Larka (formal figurehead and presidential candidate) and Artur Sirk.