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The Party History Institute of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia (Estonian: Eestimaa Kommunistliku Partei Keskkomitee Partei Ajaloo Instituut) was a research body in the Estonian SSR, managed under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia.[1] Founded in 1947, the institute functioned as the republic-level branch of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).[2] The institute was based in Tallinn.[1] The key functions of the institute was to conduct studies on party history and publish Marxist-Leninist literature in Estonian language.[2] The institute maintained the party archives.[3] The institute published serials on party history in Estonian, Russian, German and English languages.[1]

At the time of its foundation Johannes Käbin served as the Director the Party History Institute.[2][4] Joosep Saat served as Deputy Director of the Party History Institute 1947-1949, then as its Director 1949-1956.[5] A. Päss served as Director of the Party History Institute 1956-1960.[2] In January 1961 Alexander Pankseyev was named as the Director of the institute, a post he retained throughut the 1960s and 1970s.[6][7]

In March 1989, the Party History Institute declared that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 had been politically unjustified.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Blair A. Ruble (1981). Soviet Research Institutes Project: The humanities. Office of Research, International Communication Agency. p. 359.
  2. ^ a b c d Jaak Kangilaski; Vello Salo; Okupatsioonide Repressiivpoliitika Uurimise Riiklik Komisjon (2005). The white book: losses inflicted on the Estonian nation by occupation regimes, 1940-1991. Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. pp. 92, 102. ISBN 978-9985-70-195-9.
  3. ^ Foreign Press Digest: Soviet Union. November 1967. p. 4.
  4. ^ Wojciech Roszkowski; Jan Kofman (8 July 2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 413. ISBN 978-1-317-47594-1.
  5. ^ Portraits of Prominent USSR Personalities. Scarecrow Press. 1970. p. 202.
  6. ^ Tönu Parming; Elmar Järvesoo (1978). A Case study of a Soviet Republic: the Estonian SSR. Westview Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-89158-247-2.
  7. ^ Directory of Soviet Officials: A Reference Aid. Union Republics. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1979. p. 46.
  8. ^ Joseph Paul Mastro (1989). USSR Calendar of Events Annual. Academic International Press. p. 260.
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