Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions

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The Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions (Estonian: Tallinna Ametiühisuste Kesknõukogu, TAK) was a political organisation in Estonia.

History

The party was a front for the Communist Party,^[1] which had used umbrella organisations to participate in politics since being banned in 1918.^[2] In the 1920 parliamentary elections the party won five seats in the Riigikogu.^[3] It did not contest the 1923 elections, in which the Communist Party put forward the Workers' United Front instead.^[1]

1 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p582 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Communist subversion against the state in the Republic of Estonia in the nineteen-twenties and thirties Estonica
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p586

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