On Saturday, Estonians celebrated the 105th anniversary of the Tartu Peace Treaty. On 2nd February 1920 the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed between Estonia and Soviet Russia thus ending the Estonian War of Independence. In the treaty, Soviet Russia recognised the independence of the newly established democratic state of Estonia in perpetuity.
The Tartu Peace Treaty was signed in Tartu at Aia Street, House No. 35 by the Estonian members of the
Constituent Assembly Jaan Poska, Ants Piip, Mait Püüman, Julius Seljamaa
and Major-General Jaan Soots.
Today, the building where the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed is now the Tartu Jaan Poska Gymnasium. The building became a secondary school in 2011 and the room where the treaty was signed, known as the Peace Room, is located on the second floor of the schoolhouse.
