1st Edition

Estonia Return To Independence

By Rein Taagepera Copyright 1993
292 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

After breaking free from the Bolsheviks in 1918, Estonia enjoyed independence until 1940 when the country was subsumed by the Soviet Union. Not until 1991 was Estonia able to make its next successful bid for sovereignty. In this book, Rein Taagepera traces the evolution of Estonia from prehistory to the present, when a radical turn of events in the former Soviet Union once again altered the... Read more
Preface -- Estonia’s Role in the World -- From Prehistory to World War I -- Independence and World War II -- Soviet Occupation -- History Starts to Move -- The Quest for Autonomy -- The Quest for Independence -- Independence in an Interdependent World -- Appendix Basic Data and Chronology

Biography

Taagepera, Rein