the EKP candidates were included in the "Estonian Working People's Union bloc". Merger with the CPSU In 1940 EKP was merged into the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks). The territorial organization of the AUCP(b) in the Estonian SSR became known as Communist Party of Estonia (bolsheviks) (EK(b)P). The EK(b)P was purged in 1950 of many of its original native leaders they were replaced by a number of prominent Estonians who had grown up in Russia, see "Yestonians". When the AUCP(b) changed its name in 1952 to CPSU, the EK(b)P removed the (b) from its name. Split of 1990 EKP was divided in 1990, as the pro-sovereignty majority faction of EKP separated itself from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and became the Estonian Democratic Labour Party. The remaining pro-Soviet faction reconstituted themselves as the Communist Party of Estonia (CPSU platform). First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Estonia Second Secretaries of the Communist Party of Estonia Nikolai Karotamm (August 1940 – September 28, 1944) Sergey Sasonov (December 2, 1944 – 1948) Georgy Kedrov (October 16, 1948 – August 30, 1949) Vasily Kosov (June 1950 – August 20, 1953) Leonid Lentsman August 20, 1953 – January 7, 1964) Artur Vader (January 8, 1964 – February 11, 1971) Konstantin Lebedev (February 19, 1971 – May 13, 1982) Aleksandr Kudryavtsev (May 13, 1982 – December 4, 1985) Georgy Aleshin (February 1, 1986 – 1990) Chairman of the Estonian Communist Party Prominent Estonian communists Viktor Kingissepp Jakob Palvadre Harald Tummeltau Jaan Anvelt Karl Säre August Kork Johannes Vares See also Young Communist League of Estonia References Organizations of the Revolutions of 1989 Estonia Communist parties in Estonia Defunct political parties in Estonia Estonia Collaborators with the Soviet Union 1920 establishments in Estonia 1990 disestablishments in Estonia Political parties established in 1920 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Parties of one-party systems Communist parties in the Soviet Union Singing Revolution Political parties of the Russian Revolution