History of Estonia (1920–1939)

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Republic of Estonia

Estonian: Eesti Vabariik

1918–1940

Anthem: Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm
My fatherland, my happiness and joy

Estonia in 1929

Official languages

Government

Unitary parliamentary republic

under a one-party authoritarian corporatist dictatorship (1934-1940)

• 1920 – 1921 (first)

• 1921 – 1937 (last)

Konstantin Päts

• 1938–1940

Konstantin Päts

• 1918–1919 (first)

Konstantin Päts

• 1939 – 1940 (last)

History

• Establishment

24 February 1918

• 1924 Estonian coup attempt

1 December 1924

• 1934 Estonian coup d'état

12 March 1934

• Disestablishment

21 June 1940

Preceded by

Succeeded by

	Russian Soviet Socialist Republic
	German Empire

Today part of

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.