The annexation of Estonia to the USSR (1940)

Main caliber guns of a Soviet naval warship anchored in Tallinn in July 1940. An officer of the Estonian army, reformed into the 22nd Rifle Corps of the Red Army, speaks from the rostrum at a ceremonial rally.

Military personnel applauding at the rally (panorama).

A political worker of the Red Army speaks from the rostrum.

Rally participants applaud.

An Estonian military brass band plays, Estonian military personnel hold their hands to their hats (panorama, from above).

A speaker speaks from the rostrum at one of the rallies, a panorama of the building behind the rostrum, people listening to the speaker in the windows.

View of a rally in Tallinn (from above).

Another speaker speaks from the rostrum at one of the rallies.

Faces of applauding rally participants.

View of a street in Tallinn before the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, a campaign column driving along the street, campaigners throwing leaflets from the back of a truck.

A poster of the Communist Party of Estonia on one of the city streets.

People go to the polling station on voting days on July 14 and 15, 1940. Distribution of ballots.

Voting at one of the polling stations.

Throwing leaflets from the back of a truck on one of the streets of Tallinn, people pick up and read leaflets.

Applauding city officials, a portrait of Stalin and red banners above a column of a demonstration on July 17, 1940. Demonstrators ride a motorcycle with a sidecar.

Columns of a demonstration in support of Estonia joining the USSR pass through the streets of Tallinn.