OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT IN KADRIORG

Photo: Kaido Haagen

After the establishment of the Republic of Estonia in 1918 the new state faced a problem: the institution of the presidency, the organs of government and offices had been created, but there was a lack of appropriate buildings. The Parliament settled at the former government building of the Governorate of Estland (currently the Estonian Parliament building), Estonianising the whole complex by erecting a new structure in the courtyard…