Uus Eesti

Uus Eesti
	The Orzeł incident, as covered by Uus Esti
Type	Daily
Editor-in-chief	Artur Tupits (1935–1937); Ants Oidermaa (1937–1939)
Editor	Hugo Kukk
Founded	1935
Political alignment	pro-government
Language	Estonian
Ceased publication	21 June 1940
Headquarters	Tallinn u
Circulation	22,000–26,000
Sister newspapers	Uus Eesti kalender (1935–1939) ; Hommikune Uus Eesti (1938)

Uus Eesti (New Estonia) 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 Estonian government.^[2]

History

The paper was established in September 1935 as the successor to the paper Kaja.^[1]

Columnists and regular contributors of Uus Eesti included Johannes Aavik, Paul Öpik, Friedebert Tuglas, Aleksander Tõnisson, Marie Under, August Gailit, Paul Kogerman, Mait Metsanurk, Henrik Visnapuu, and others.^[3]

In 1937, the National Archives of Estonia made an agreement with Uus Eesti photographer A. Kalm to share one photograph of each major public event in Estonia, as part of a larger project to preserve photographs from national newspapers.^[4]

The Soviets shut the paper down on 21 June 1940. The pro-Soviet, communist newspaper Rahva Hääl was printed in its place.^[5]