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German[de]
Dennoch hat Tief eine wichtige symbolische und legale Bedeutung, da seine Ausrufung der Restauration der Republik Estland und das Hissen der Flagge Estlands am Langen Hermann in Tallinn die Glaubwürdigkeit der Darstellung der Sowjetunion, sie hätte 1944 Estland befreit, erschütterte.
English[en]
However, Tief's actions have immense symbolic and legal significance, as his proclaiming of the restoration of the Republic of Estonia, as well as the accompanying raising of the Estonian flag atop the tower of Pikk Hermann high above Tallinn at the seat of power in the Toompea quarter negates Soviet historiography's claims, according to which the invasion of Estonia by the Red Army in September 1944 constituted "the liberation of Estonia".