On October 13th, 1917, the construction team received an order to suspend all construction due to the war. Fortunately the hangars were almost ready by that time (only short of large-scale sliding doors, ramps for launching the planes and the floors had no wood cover). These seaplane hangars are unique shell concrete structures, which demonstrate engineering 20 years ahead of its time. The Post-War Years On January 24th, 1945, the secret decision No 010 of the ESSR National Economy Council granted the military a 14.2 ha premises in the area located on Küti and Noole streets. From then on until the end of the 1980s, the whole territory was under the control of the Baltic Shipping Administration and other Soviet military contingents. In addition, the roadstead fleet was based at the harbour. For decades the area remained closed off for regular citizens. In 1951 a new pier No 36A was constructed on the former piers No 36 and 37 which were built
The young Estonian family is our painful problem. In the year 1986 Soviet migrants occupied 67 per cent of all the new apartments with modern conveniences. This is nothing other than the discrimination of the native people. 2 In the summer of 1988 Rahvarinne (People’s Front)3 was formed and became the first popular national movement. At the end of 1988 the Estonian Supreme Soviet passed the Declaration of Sovereignty of the ESSR. In the spring of 1990 the designation “The Republic of Estonia” was restored and Soviet state symbols were abolished. 1 Reede 21 July 1988. 2 Reede 21 July 1988. 3 Also known as the Popular Font. The number of active composers did not increase at the beginning of the Eighties, while the output of symphonic music had fallen remarkably. In the Seventies a novel means of expression, the electronic sound, found its
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