''Rahva Hääl'' (lit. ''The People's Voice'') was the official daily newspaper of the

Communist Party of Estonia The Communist Party of Estonia ( et, Eestimaa Kommunistlik Partei, abbreviated EKP) was a subdivision of the Soviet communist party which in 1920-1940 operated illegally in Estonia and, after the 1940 occupation and annexation of Estonia by the ...

during

Soviet occupation of Estonia The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an ethnically based adminis ...

. It was founded shortly after the first Soviet takeover in 1940 based on offices and resources of ''

Uus Eesti ''Uus Eesti'' was a daily newspaper published in Estonia from September 1935 until the Soviet occupation of Estonia in June 1940. The newspaper was politically aligned with the then Estonian government. History The paper was established in Septe ...

'' (''New Estonia''), an earlier Estonian newspaper. The last issue of Uue Eesti was published on June 21, 1940. The first issue of Rahva Hääle was put together by the old editors under the leadership of new editors, and the paper was published on June 22, 1940.

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