History of Estonia (1920–1939)
The history of Estonia from 1918 to 1940 spanned the interwar period from the end of the Estonian War of Independence until the outbreak of World War II. It covers the years of parliamentary democracy, the Great Depression and the period of corporatist authoritarian rule.
Republic of Estonia Eesti Vabariik | |||||||||||||
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| Anthem: Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm [1920-1940] (English: "My fatherland, my happiness and joy") | |||||||||||||
Republic of Estonia within Europe (1929-1938) | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Tallinn | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Estonian | ||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic (1918-1934) Unitary parliamentary republic under a corporatist authoritarian dictatorship (1934-1940) | ||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||
• 1938-1940 | Konstantin Päts | ||||||||||||
| Prime Minister/State Elder | |||||||||||||
• 1918-1919 | Konstantin Päts | ||||||||||||
• 1920-1921 | Ants Piip | ||||||||||||
• 1933-1934 | Konstantin Päts | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Riigikogu | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar and World War II | ||||||||||||
| 23 February 1918 | |||||||||||||
| 28 November 1918 – 2 February 1920 | |||||||||||||
• Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic established | June 16 1940 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Estonian kroon | ||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | EE | ||||||||||||
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