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Jaan Tõnisson Jaan Tõnisson Estonian prime minister who concluded the Treaty of Tartu, publisher of Postimees Political and party leadership 1868–1941?
Jaan Anvelt Jaan Anvelt Head of the Estonian Workers' Commune and leader of the 1924 rising Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1884–1937
Viktor Kingissepp Viktor Kingissepp Bolshevik who led the underground communist party in independent Estonia and was executed Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1888–1922
Nikolai Karotamm Nikolai Karotamm First Secretary of the Estonian Communist Party in 1944–1950, removed in 1950 for allegedly shielding “bourgeois nationalists” Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1969
Johannes Gustavovich Käbin Иван Густавович Кэбин A pragmatic national communist who navigated between Moscow and Estonia for 28 years Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1905–1999
Karl Genrikhovich Vaino Карл Генрихович Вайно First Secretary of the Estonian Communist Party (1978–1988) who resisted perestroika and pushed Russification until Moscow replaced him. Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1923–2022
Arnold Rüütel Arnold Rüütel The agronomist who pushed a sovereignty declaration through the Soviet system and led Estonia out of the empire Legislature and state representation · Estonia state institutions 1928–2024
Vaino Iosipovich Väljas Vaino Väljas Recalled from Nicaragua in June 1988, he led Estonia's Communists through the sovereignty declaration, the first breach in the Soviet wall. Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2024
Lagle Parek Lagle Parek The dissident architect who walked out of a Soviet prison camp and opened Estonia's political road to independence Political and party leadership 1941–
Lembit Annus Lembit Annus An Estonian communist leader who chose to preserve the Soviet Union Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1941–2018
Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari The last Soviet-aligned communist leader of Estonia amid a party split Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1944–
Edgar Savisaar Edgar Savisaar Architect of mass mobilization and independence politics Political and party leadership · Popular Front of Estonia (Rahvarinne) 1950–2022