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Estonian SSR (independent)
The independent Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, short: Estonian SSR (in Estonian: iseseisev Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik, short: Eesti NSV) was a short-lived country located on the present territory of Estonia, 1988 - 1990. Estonian SSR had land borders to the south with Latvian SSR (339 km) and Soviet Union (229 km) to the east.
As the situation developed, in Estonian SSR a movement for more self-governance started. In the beginning, at the period of 1987-1989 it was partially for more economic independence but as the Soviet Union weakened and it became increasingly obvious that nothing short of full independence would do, and the country began a course towards self-determination.
The Supreme Council of Estonian SSR proclaimed Estonia an independent republic on November 16, 1988.
The flag of Estonia remained illegal until the days of perestroika in the late 1980s and the independent Estonian SSR, when on 24 February 1989 the blue-black-white flag was again flown from the Pikk Hermann tower in Tallinn. In 1989 a major landmark demonstration was held for more independence, called The Baltic Way. During the demonstration a human chain consisting of more than two million people was formed through all of the three Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (the latter two former Baltic and then Soviet states had and continue to have similar fates and aspirations as Estonia). The leadership of the 'Estonian SSR' renamed the state the 'Republic of Estonia' again on May 8, 1990.
