National Committee of the Republic of Estonia

National Committee of the Republic of Estonia
Eesti Vabariigi Rahvuskomitee
	The September 18, 1944, appointed Government of Estonia in Riigi Teataja
Abbreviation	EVRK
Successor	Estonian Government in Exile
Formation	March 1944
Dissolved	1 December 1953; 71 years ago
Type	Liberation committee / Provisional government
Purpose	Withdrawal of the Nazi and Soviet occupation regimes; Restore the Republic of Estonia;
President	Otto Tief

The National Committee of the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi Rahvuskomitee, EVRK) was a deliberative and legislative body, formed by Estonian politicians and members of the last government of Republic of Estonia before the Soviet occupation, to control the Anti-Soviet resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Estonia in March 1944.^[1] By April 1944 a large number of the committee members were arrested by the German security agencies.^[2] On September 20, 1944, the committee proclaimed the Republic of Estonia restored, but two days later, the Soviet Army took control of Tallinn.

^ Smith, David James (2001). Estonia: Independence and European Integration. Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-415-26728-1.
^ Miljan, Toivo (2004). Historical Dictionary of Estonia. Scarecrow Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8108-4904-4.

[1] Smith, David James (2001). Estonia: Independence and European Integration. Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-415-26728-1.

[2] Miljan, Toivo (2004). Historical Dictionary of Estonia. Scarecrow Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8108-4904-4.

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