Citizenship: Estonia — People | Cyber-Lenin

Citizenship: Estonia

17 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Jaan Tõnisson Jaan Tõnisson Estonian prime minister who concluded the Treaty of Tartu, publisher of Postimees Political and party leadership 1868–1941?
Konstantin Päts Konstantin Päts Head of Estonia's government in the independence war, later dictator of the 'era of silence' Government and administration · Estonia state institutions 1874–1956
Johan Laidoner Johan Laidoner Commander-in-chief of Estonia's war of independence Military command · Estonia state institutions 1884–1953
Viktor Kingissepp Viktor Kingissepp Bolshevik who led the underground communist party in independent Estonia and was executed Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1888–1922
Jüri Uluots Jüri Uluots Law professor and Estonia’s last constitutional prime minister who, acting as president, formed the Tief government in 1944 Government and administration · Estonia state institutions 1890–1945
Hjalmar Mäe Hjalmar Mäe Estonian Vaps politician who headed the collaborationist Estonian Self-Administration under German occupation in 1941–1944 Government and administration 1901–1978
Arnold Rüütel Arnold Rüütel The agronomist who pushed a sovereignty declaration through the Soviet system and led Estonia out of the empire Legislature and state representation · Estonia state institutions 1928–2024
Endel Teodorovich Lippmaa Endel Teodorovich Lippmaa The Estonian scientist who blocked phosphorite mining from inside the system Science and technology · Estonia state institutions 1930–2015
Vaino Iosipovich Väljas Vaino Väljas Recalled from Nicaragua in June 1988, he led Estonia's Communists through the sovereignty declaration, the first breach in the Soviet wall. Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2024
Heinz Valk Heinz Valk The artist who gave the Singing Revolution its name Literature and arts 1936–
Marju Lauristin Marju Lauristin Sociologist raised within the Soviet system who became an intellectual pillar of the Baltic independence movement Social movements and organizing · Popular Front of Estonia (Rahvarinne) 1940–
Lagle Parek Lagle Parek The dissident architect who walked out of a Soviet prison camp and opened Estonia's political road to independence Political and party leadership 1941–
Lembit Annus Lembit Annus An Estonian communist leader who chose to preserve the Soviet Union Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1941–2018
Jüri Mikk Jüri Mikk MRP-AEG co-founder who warned of demographic threat and answered the slander campaign with a hunger strike Social movements and organizing 1948–2010
Tiit Madisson Tiit Madisson The Estonian dissident who helped break the silence at Hirvepark Social movements and organizing 1950–2021
Edgar Savisaar Edgar Savisaar Architect of mass mobilization and independence politics Political and party leadership · Popular Front of Estonia (Rahvarinne) 1950–2022
Igor Nikolayevich Gräzin Igor Nikolayevich Gräzin An Estonian legal scholar who challenged the Soviet official narrative in the language of law Law and justice · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1952–