People of the Revolution and the USSR
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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
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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
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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–