Original sentence: , ,   In August 1940, Estonia was formally annexed by the Soviet Union as the Estonian SSR.6 1991 the USSR State Council recognized the independence of Estonia.After the World War II Estonia remained to be a dominion of the Soviet Union as Estonian SSR.First freely elected parliament during the Soviet era in Estonia had passed independence resolutions on  May 8, 1990 , renamed Estonian SSR to the Republic of Estonia.Its territory was conquered by Nazi Germany (see Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany) from 1941 to 1944.On August 20, 1991 Estonian parliament issued the Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union, international recognitions of the Republic of Estonia over the next couple of weeks followed.Russia has denied it illegally annexed Estonia in 1940.The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, short: Estonian SSR (in Estonian: Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik, short: Eesti NSV; ) was a dominion of the U.The Republic of Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union in June 1940.Until the collapse of the Soviet Union on Sept.between 1940-1941 and 1944-1991
Edited sentence: Its territory was conquered by Nazi Germany (see Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany) in 1941, before being reconquered by the Soviets in 1944.The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, short: Estonian SSR (in Estonian: Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik, short: Eesti NSV; ) was the name given to the puppet state of Soviet Union created on July 211940, during World War II instead of the Republic of Estonia, and to the constituent republic of the Soviet Union that succeeded it after annexation (August 61940, - August 201991).The state was renamed the Republic of Estonia on May 8, 1990, over a year before the formal Declaration of Independence on August 20, 1991 and the following international recognition thereof over the next couple of weeks