Resistance Fighting Day

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The appointed Government of Estonia in Riigi Teataja

Resistance Fighting Day (

Tallinn Offensive by the Red Army's 2nd Shock and 8th Armies and the Baltic Fleet against the Wehrmacht
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Observances

The proposal to mark 22 September as a national holiday was launched in 2005 by the Pro Patria Union and the Res Publica Party[3] The holiday was renamed from Day of the Resistance to Resistance Fighting Day by order of the Riigikogu on 15 February 2007.[4][5] The day was first officially celebrated that year. The main ceremony is held at the Freedom Square in the capital city of Tallinn.[6] Official solemnities begin at sunrise when students from a local school raise the flag of Estonia at the Pikk Hermann.[7] On Resistance Day, the Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom opened an exhibit about the meeting of exiled Estonians and Soviet Estonians. during the Expo 67 in Montreal.[8] The museum is open for free on the holiday.[9]

Soviet "Liberation Day"

Fireworks in Moscow in the occasion of Liberation Day in 2019.

Veterans of the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps often lead solemn ceremonies in the capital. On the third anniversary in 1947, the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn was created.[10] In 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rebutted claims by Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova that the Tallinn Offensive was a liberation, saying that it was a false presentation of the "liberation of European peoples from fascist enslavement".[11] That year, a fireworks celebration marking the 75th anniversary of the offensive took place in Moscow.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Resistance Day - 22. September | Government of the Republic of Estonia". www.valitsus.ee. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18.
  2. ^ "Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)". ENRS.
  3. ^ "Valitsus ei toetanud pühade ja tähtpäevade seaduse muutmist. Valitsuse kommunikatsioonibüroo, 22.12.2005". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. ISBN 9781317585879
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  5. ^ X RIIGIKOGU STENOGRAMM. VI ISTUNGJÄRK. Teisipäev, 15. november 2005. Urmas Reinsalu selgitus.
  6. ^ "Resistance Fighting Day In Estonia / September 22, 2020". AnydayGuide.
  7. ^ ERR, ERR (September 23, 2019). "Gallery: Resistance day marked across Estonia". ERR.
  8. ^ "Estonia commemorates the day the Soviet Union occupied the country". 22 September 2019.
  9. Estonian World Review [et
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  10. ^ "22 сентября — День освобождения Таллина от немецко-фашистских захватчиков". Baltnews. September 22, 2016. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  11. ^ "Foreign ministry rejects Russia's claims of Red Army liberation". ERR. September 23, 2019.
  12. ^ В Москве артиллерийским салютом отметят 75-летие освобождения Таллина от немецко-фашистских захватчиков mil.ru (in Russian) 19 September 2019
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