page_title: 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Jaan Anvelt, 1925
context_page_description: The 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt, conducted by the Comintern, was a failed coup attempt in Estonia staged by Communists on December 1, 1924. Of the 279 actively participating communists, 125 were killed in action, later more than 500 people were arrested. The government forces lost 26 men.
  From the Soviet occupation of Estonia from 1940 to the era of Perestroika and Glasnost in the Soviet history of the Estonian SSR the communist coup attempt was referred to as Tallinn Uprising of December 1, 1924 against the Yoke of the National Bourgeoisie Government of Estonia and described as an event in the series of World revolution.
context_section_description: In 1920 the rules were laid down in the Soviet Union at the Comintern's Second Congress, Communist parties abroad were to be created either afresh or else by splitting Social Democratic parties; in any case, they were to be accountable to Moscow, not to their domestic constituencies.
  The Communist Party of Estonia had affiliated with the Comintern in 1920, and it continued underground activities in Estonia with strong Soviet backing.
  The incapacity and death of Vladimir Lenin (January 21, 1924) triggered a struggle for power between Leon Trotsky and  Joseph Stalin. The country's foreign policy drifted during this. On 1 December 1924 the Comintern attempted a communist coup in Estonia.
caption: Jaan Anvelt
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