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On Thursday, 92 years pass of concluding the Tartu Peace Treaty between Estonia and Russia and Soviet Russia acknowledging Estonia’s independence, LETA/National Broadcasting reports.

The anniversary is celebrated with many events, with a focus on Tartu. Wreaths will be laid at the War of Freedom monuments, a memorial ceremony at Julius Kuperjanov's grave takes place as well as a meeting in the centre of the city.

On February 2, 1920, representatives of the Government of the Republic of Estonia and those of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic’s council of People’s Commissars concluded a treaty in Tartu in which Russia recognised Estonia’s independence and statehood. The treaty also ended the War of Freedom that had lasted for 431 days and claimed over 5,000 lives from Estonia and her allies as well as established a state border between Estonia and Russia.