The declaration of independence of Estonia is dated February 14, 1918. November 10, 1918 Jaan Paska, State Minister, commissioned Hindrek Rikkand to set up a management of the post. Also he was commissioned to take over the main post office in Tallinn from the Germans.
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The border with the Soviet Union is slightly different in 1922: more to the east. After the Second World War, the border of the Soviet Republic changed: more to the west, the river Narva became the border river.