Communist Party Of Estonia (1990)

OCTOBER REVOLUTION

See Also: October Revolution

On October 23, 1917 (by the Julian Calendar still in use in Russia at the time; November 5 by the current Gregorian Calendar ), Bolshevik leader Jaan Anvelt led his Leftist Revolutionaries to the Rebellion in Tallinn , the then capital of Estland .

REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA

See Also: Estonia

EKP was formed November 5 , 1920 .

The Uprising of December 1, 1924

See Also: The Uprising of December 1, 1924

The Parliament Of Estonia forbided the EKP on February 12 , 1925 .

OCCUPATION OF ESTONIA BY SOVIET UNION

See Also: Occupation of Baltic Republics

OCCUPATION OF ESTONIA BY NAZI GERMANY

See Also: Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany

ESTONIAN SSR

See Also: Estonian SSR

The EKP was purged in 1950 of many of its original native leaders; they were replaced by several prominent Russian Estonians who had grown up in Russia. After Stalin 's death in 1953 , Nikita Khrushchev 's Liberalization also touched Estonia.

Perestroika

See Also: Perestroika

EKP was reformed in 1990 through a split in the original EKP, as the pro-reform majority faction of EKP separated itself from the Communist Party Of The Soviet Union and became the Estonian Democratic Labour Party . The minority faction of pro-Soviet hardliners hardliners called their party EKP (NLKP), or 'Communist Party of Estland (CPSU)'.

REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA

See Also: Estonia

In August 1991, after the failed August Coup , organisations which had supported the coup (incl EKP (NLKP)) were illegalised in Estonia. Reportedly, a very small group of militants carried on their cause, initially their grouping was affiliated with the Union Of Communist Parties - Communist Party Of The Soviet Union (SKP-KPSS), but when SKP-KPSS split in 2001 they joined the Communist Party Of The Soviet Union of Oleg Shenin . In 2005, the only known member of the grouping was Juri Mishin; his 'party' actually exists only in CPSU list.

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