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The '''Institute of Party History of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia''' ({{lang-et|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]].<ref name="Ruble1981">{{cite book|author=Blair A. Ruble|title=Soviet Research Institutes Project: The humanities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLRWAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Office of Research, International Communication Agency|page=359}}</ref> Founded in 1947, the institute functioned as the republic-level branch of the [[Institute |
The '''Institute of Party History of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia''' ({{lang-et|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]].<ref name="Ruble1981">{{cite book|author=Blair A. Ruble|title=Soviet Research Institutes Project: The humanities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLRWAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Office of Research, International Communication Agency|page=359}}</ref> Founded in 1947, the institute functioned as the republic-level branch of the [[Marx–Engels–Lenin Institute]] of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)]].<ref name="KangilaskiSalo2005"/><ref name="Information1961">{{cite book|author=United States. Dept. of State. Division of Biographic Information|title=Biographic directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xEtmAAAAMAAJ|year=1961|page=289}}</ref> The institute was based in [[Tallinn]].<ref name="Ruble1981"/> |
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==Activities== |
==Activities== |
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The key functions of the institute was to conduct studies on party history and publish |
The key functions of the institute was to conduct studies on party history and publish Marxist–Leninist literature in Estonian language.<ref name="KangilaskiSalo2005"/> The institute maintained the party archives.<ref name="Naan1980">{{cite book|author=Gustav Naan|title=Soviet Estonia (Nõukogude Eesti, engl., Ausz.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GZpAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Valgus Publishers|page=239}}</ref> The institute published serials on party history in Estonian, Russian, German and English languages.<ref name="Ruble1981"/> |
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==Directors== |
==Directors== |
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At the time of its foundation [[Johannes Käbin]] served as the Director the Party History Institute.<ref name="KangilaskiSalo2005"/><ref name="RoszkowskiKofman2016">{{cite book|author1=Wojciech Roszkowski|author2=Jan Kofman|title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HGlDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA413|date=8 July 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-47594-1|page=413}}</ref> [[Joosep Saat]] served as Deputy Director of the Party History Institute |
At the time of its foundation [[Johannes Käbin]] served as the Director the Party History Institute.<ref name="KangilaskiSalo2005"/><ref name="RoszkowskiKofman2016">{{cite book|author1=Wojciech Roszkowski|author2=Jan Kofman|title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HGlDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA413|date=8 July 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-47594-1|page=413}}</ref> [[Joosep Saat]] served as Deputy Director of the Party History Institute 1947–1949, then as its Director 1949–1956.<ref>{{cite book|title=Portraits of Prominent USSR Personalities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R68mAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=202}}</ref> A. Päss served as Director of the Party History Institute 1956–1960.<ref name="KangilaskiSalo2005">{{cite book|author1=Jaak Kangilaski|author2=Vello Salo|author3=Okupatsioonide Repressiivpoliitika Uurimise Riiklik Komisjon|title=The white book: losses inflicted on the Estonian nation by occupation regimes, 1940-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbwiAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers|isbn=978-9985-70-195-9|pages=92, 102}}</ref><ref name="Information1961"/> In January 1961 Alexander Pankseyev was named as the Director of the institute, a post he retained throughout the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="ParmingJärvesoo1978">{{cite book|author1=Tönu Parming|author2=Elmar Järvesoo|title=A Case study of a Soviet Republic: the Estonian SSR|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzNpAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Westview Press|isbn=978-0-89158-247-2|page=115}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Directory of Soviet Officials: A Reference Aid. Union Republics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0XRAnKDklgC|year=1979|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=46}}</ref> |
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==Later period== |
==Later period== |
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In March 1989, the Party History Institute declared that the [[ |
In March 1989, the Party History Institute declared that the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]] of 1939 had been politically unjustified.<ref name="Mastro1989">{{cite book|author=Joseph Paul Mastro|title=USSR Calendar of Events Annual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDskAQAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Academic International Press|page=260}}</ref> In May 30, 1990 the Communist Party of Estonia Central Committee decided to reform the Institute of Party History to the '''Research Centre of the Communist Party of Estonia''' (''Eestimaa Kommunistliku Partei Teaduskeskuseks''). a move that was put in place on July 1, 1990.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tuna: ajalookultuuri ajakiri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C8sKAQAAMAAJ|edition=24-25|year=2004|publisher=Tuna|page=156}}</ref> The Research Centre was closed down in 1991.<ref name=ee/> The party archives were transferred to the Estonian State Archives.<ref name=ee>''Eesti entsüklopeedia''. Vol. 12. 2003. p. 70</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 14:55, 30 June 2018
The Institute of Party History 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 Marx–Engels–Lenin Institute of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).[2][3] The institute was based in Tallinn.[1]
Activities
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.[4] The institute published serials on party history in Estonian, Russian, German and English languages.[1]
Directors
At the time of its foundation Johannes Käbin served as the Director the Party History Institute.[2][5] Joosep Saat served as Deputy Director of the Party History Institute 1947–1949, then as its Director 1949–1956.[6] A. Päss served as Director of the Party History Institute 1956–1960.[2][3] In January 1961 Alexander Pankseyev was named as the Director of the institute, a post he retained throughout the 1960s and 1970s.[7][8]
Later period
In March 1989, the Party History Institute declared that the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 had been politically unjustified.[9] In May 30, 1990 the Communist Party of Estonia Central Committee decided to reform the Institute of Party History to the Research Centre of the Communist Party of Estonia (Eestimaa Kommunistliku Partei Teaduskeskuseks). a move that was put in place on July 1, 1990.[10] The Research Centre was closed down in 1991.[11] The party archives were transferred to the Estonian State Archives.[11]
References
- ^ a b c Blair A. Ruble (1981). Soviet Research Institutes Project: The humanities. Office of Research, International Communication Agency. p. 359.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b United States. Dept. of State. Division of Biographic Information (1961). Biographic directory. p. 289.
- ^ Gustav Naan (1980). Soviet Estonia (Nõukogude Eesti, engl., Ausz.). Valgus Publishers. p. 239.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Portraits of Prominent USSR Personalities. Scarecrow Press. 1970. p. 202.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Directory of Soviet Officials: A Reference Aid. Union Republics. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1979. p. 46.
- ^ Joseph Paul Mastro (1989). USSR Calendar of Events Annual. Academic International Press. p. 260.
- ^ Tuna: ajalookultuuri ajakiri (24-25 ed.). Tuna. 2004. p. 156.
- ^ a b Eesti entsüklopeedia. Vol. 12. 2003. p. 70