{"id":1468,"date":"2025-03-11T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testdigar2.rara.ee\/?page_id=1468"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:02:24","slug":"2-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.digar.ee\/en\/thematic-pages\/sources-of-estonian-law\/2-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal materials 1940-1990"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;Riigi Teataja&nbsp;(State Gazette) is an official publication of the Republic of Estonia, published by the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs of Estonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When dealing with legal issues, there will be situations that require you to look at legislation from earlier periods, such as the 1940s or 1970s. The Official Gazette of the Estonian SSR 1940-1960, the Official Gazette of the Supreme Council of the Estonian SSR 1960-1965, the Official Gazette of the Supreme Council and Government of the Estonian SSR 1966-1990 are available electronically in the National Library&#8217;s digital archive DIGAR. To help you find your way around the legislation, you can use the alphabetical table of contents, which can be found under each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digar.ee\/arhiiv\/et\/perioodika?id=5624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eesti NSV Teataja = \u0412\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u042d\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0421\u0421\u0420 : 1940-1960<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digar.ee\/arhiiv\/et\/perioodika?id=6834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eesti NSV Teataja Lisa : 1940-1957<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digar.ee\/arhiiv\/et\/perioodika?id=7506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eesti N\u00f5ukogude Sotsialistliku Vabariigi \u00dclemn\u00f5ukogu Teataja = \u0412\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0412\u0435\u0440\u0445\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0421\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u042d\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0421\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0421\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0420\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0438&nbsp; : 1960-1965<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digar.ee\/id\/nlib-digar:268900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eesti N\u00f5ukogude Sotsialistliku Vabariigi Ministrite N\u00f5ukogu M\u00e4\u00e4ruste ja Korralduste Kogu = \u0421\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u041f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0438 \u0420\u0430\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0421\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u041c\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432 \u042d\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0421\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0421\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0420\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a : 1960-1965<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digar.ee\/arhiiv\/et\/raamatud?id=7953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eesti N\u00f5ukogude Sotsialistliku Vabariigi \u00dclemn\u00f5ukogu ja Valitsuse Teataja : 1966-1990<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Riigi Teataja&nbsp;(State Gazette) is an official publication of the Republic of Estonia, published by the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs of Estonia. 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