Vaps Movement, (Estonian: Eesti Vabadussõjalaste Keskliit, later Eesti Vabadussõjalaste Liit, vabadussõjalased, or colloquially vapsid, a single member of this movement was called vaps) the Union of Participants in the Estonian War of Independence was originally an Estonian association of veterans of the Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920), later also non-veterans were accepted as its members. The organisation was founded in 1929, emerged as a mass anti-socialist and anti-parliamentary movement. It allegedly tried twice to overthrow the government of Konstantin Päts, once in 1934 and a second time in December 1935. The leaders of this association were Andres Larka (formal figurehead and presidency candidate) and Artur Sirk.
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