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On 24 February 1918, the Independence Manifesto was proclaimed in Tallinn, followed by Imperial German occupation and a war of independence with Russia.

On 2 February 1920, the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed with Soviet Russia, wherein Russia acknowledged the independence of the Estonian Republic.

Tallinn became the capital of an independent Estonia.

After World War II started, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union ( USSR ) in 1940, and later occupied by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944.

After the Nazi retreat in 1944, it was again occupied by the USSR.

After annexation into the Soviet Union, Tallinn became the capital of the Estonian SSR.