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Denmark. Estonia received financial aid and supplies also from France and the USA.
With the military actions retreating from Estonian territory, the elections for the Estonian
Constituent Assembly took place in April 1919 with the participation of 10 parties and
political groupings. The majority in the 120-member Constituent Assembly, formed according
to the principles of proportional representation, was gained by the leftist parties. The first
plenipotentiary legislative body in the history of Estonian national statehood adopted a
declaration of Estonian statehood, explaining to the world the historical reasons for Estonia's
split from Russia. On 4 June, the temporary authority of Estonia's government was legalised.
On 10 October 1919, the Land Reform Act was passed which abolished the land ownership of
the Baltic German overlords.
The Soviet Russian troops who suffered heavy losses attacking the well-fortified defence
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