texts of the secret pact in 1988 which infuriated locals and Moscow alike, though for different reasons. The protests grew louder and the reprisals stronger. · A mere eight years ago, on 20 August 1991, following the botched putsch attempt in Moscow, the three countries declared the immediate restoration of independence. Tartu Peace Treaty · Tartu Peace Treaty or Treaty of Tartu was a peace treaty between Estonia and Russian SFSR signed in February 2, 1920 ending the Estonian War of Independence. · Tartu Peace Treaty is regarded as the birth certificate of the Republic of Estonia. The treaty was also of utmost importance to Soviet Russia being its first international treaty. · After signing, Soviet Russia failed to fulfill several points of the treaty, e.g. the museological collections of the University of Tartu are not turned in even today from Voronezh and the migration of
Trotters and bean or pea soup was eaten on that day. A custom observed all over Estonia on this day was sledge sliding: the farther downhill the sledge slid, the taller the flax would grow. February 2 Anniversary of the Tartu Peace Treaty Tartu Peace Treaty (Estonian: Tartu rahu, literally "Tartu peace") or Treaty of Tartu was a peace treaty between Estonia and Russian SFSR signed in February 2 , 1920 ending the Estonian War of Independence
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 positions on Estonian borders, agreed to a truce on 31 December, and on 2 February 1920, a peace treaty between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian SFSR was signed in Tartu. Russia was thus the first country to recognise Estonia de jure, relinquishing `forever its rights of sovereignty that Russia had over the Estonian people and country'. The 14-month War of Independence had claimed 3588 lives and 13 775 were wounded on the Estonian side. The peace treaty granted favourable borders to Estonia and the amount of 15 million gold roubles from Russia's gold fund. Soviet Russia, however, failed to meet several points of the
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