Estonian War of Independence

The Estonian War of Independence (Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the White Russian Northwestern Army, Latvia, and the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Western Front offensive and the aggression of the Baltische Landeswehr. ^[1]

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A Protocol of 1919

A Protocol of 1919 is a fabricated text appearing in the appendices of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, purportedly found on 9 December 1919 among the documents of a Jewish Red battalion commander killed in the Estonian War of Independence.

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Administrative divisions of Leningrad Oblast

Administratively, Leningrad Oblast is divided into seventeen districts and a town of oblast significance, Sosnovy Bor.

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Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge

The Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge is an annual international military exercise and competition, one of the longest and most difficult in the world, held every August since 2013 in Estonia.

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Ageeda Paavel

Ageeda Paavel (sometimes cited as Ageeda-Andrea Paavel) (born 15 August 1930) is an Estonian woman who, as a schoolgirl, on the night of 8 May 1946, together with her school friend Aili Jürgenson, blew up a Soviet war monument (a wooden memorial topped with a star): the preceding monument to the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.

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Aili Jõgi

Aili Jõgi (née Aili Jürgenson, born 25 May 1931 in Tallinn) is an Estonian schoolgirl who on the night of 8 May 1946, together with her school friend Ageeda Paavel, blew up a Soviet War reburial monument (a wooden memorial topped with a star): the preceding monument to the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.

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Ain-Ervin Mere

Ain Mere (from birth to Estification Ervin Martson; February 22, 1903 – April 5, 1969) was an Estonian military officer and collaborator with Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Aksella Luts

Aksella Hildegard Luts (10 October 1905 - 8 January 2005) (in Estonian) was an Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer and choreographer.

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Albert Kivikas

Albert Kivikas (in Groß-St. Johannis, Livonia, Russian Empire – 19 May 1978 in Lund) was an Estonian writer and journalist.

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Aleksander Hendrikson

Aleksander Hendrikson (23 November 1895 – 4 October 1977) was an Estonian Bolshevik and Communist politician who was the chairman of the Executive Committee of Tallinn from September 1945 to March 1961.

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Aleksander Klumberg

Aleksander Klumberg (since 1936 Kolmpere; 17 April 1899 – 10 February 1958) was an Estonian decathlete.

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Aleksander Pallas

Aleksander Pallas (10 September 1887 – 7 January 1939) was an Estonian lawyer and politician who was the acting deputy mayor of Tallinn from 13 November to 25 November 1917.

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Aleksander Promet

Aleksander Promet (10 November 1879 in Narva – 18 September 1938 in Tallinn) was an Estonian painter and graphic artist.

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Aleksander Tõnisson

Aleksander Tõnisson VR I/1 (April 17, 1875 – June 30, 1941) was an Estonian military commander (Major General) during the Estonian War of Independence.

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Aleksander von der Bellen

Aleksander Konstantin von der Bellen (Александр Фон дер Беллен; born 5 July 1859 in Pskov, died 11 February 1924 in Tallinn; Александр фон дер Беллен), later known as Alexander van der Bellen, and called Sascha by family and friends, was a Russian liberal politician and nobleman.

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Aleksander Warma

Aleksander Warma VR I/3 (also Varma; – 23 December 1970) was an Estonian navy officer, diplomat and painter.

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Alexander Kapitokhin

Alexander Grigoryevich Kapitokhin (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Капитохин; 6 June 1892 – 13 August 1958) was a Red Army Lieutenant general.

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Alexander Rodzyanko

Alexander Pavlovich Rodzyanko (Александр Павлович Родзянко; 18 August 1879 – 6 May 1970) was a lieutenant-general and a corps commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil War.

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Alexander Van der Bellen

Alexander Van der Bellen (born 18 January 1944) is an Austrian politician and economist who serves as the 12th and current President of Austria since 26 January 2017.

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Alfred Neuland

Alfred Karl Neuland (10 October 1895 – 16 November 1966) was an Estonian weightlifter.

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Alfred Rosenberg

Alfred Ernst Rosenberg (12 January 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German theorist and an influential ideologue of the Nazi Party.

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Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

The Allied intervention was a multi-national military expedition launched during the Russian Civil War in 1918.

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Alo Kõrve

Alo Kõrve (born 2 December 1978) is an Estonian stage, film, and television actor.

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Amandus Adamson

Amandus Heinrich Adamson (12 November 1855 in Uuga-Rätsepa, near Paldiski – 26 June 1929 in Paldiski) was an Estonian sculptor and painter.

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Andres Larka

ạ Andres Larka VR I/1 (5 March 1879 Pilistvere, Kabala Parish (now in Kõo Parish, Viljandi County) Estonia – 8 January 1943 Malmyzh, Kirov, Soviet Union) was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence and a politician.

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Anton Irv

Anton Irv VR I/2, VR II/2, VR II/3 (17 September 1886 – 27 April 1919) was a highly decorated Estonian combat soldier and military officer during World War I and in the Estonian War of Independence.

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Ants Kurvits

Ants Kurvits or Hans Kurvits (14 May 1887 – 27 December 1943) was an Estonian military commander, reaching rank of major general.

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Arisaka

The Arisaka rifle (有坂銃 Arisaka-jū) is a family of Japanese military bolt-action service rifles, in production and use since approximately 1897, when it replaced the Murata rifle (村田銃 Murata-jū) family, until the end of World War II in 1945.

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Armoured train

An armoured train is a railway train protected with armour.

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Arsenal Crossley

The Arsenal Crossley (also designated as M 27/28) was an Estonian armored car that was operated between 1926 and 1940.

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Arthur Randall

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Clunie Randall (b. 6 February 1896) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with 10 aerial victories.

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Arthur Ransome

Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist.

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Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade (Estonia)

Artillery Battalion (Suurtükiväepataljon) of the 1st Infantry Brigade, formerly the Artillery Group (Suurtükiväegrupp), is an artillery battalion of the Estonian Defence Forces, based out of Tapa Army Base.

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Artur Sirk

Artur Sirk (25 September 1900 in Pruuna, Lehtse Parish, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 2 August 1937 in Echternach, Luxembourg) was an Estonian political and military figure.

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August Alle

August Alle (in Viljandi – 8 July 1952 in Tallinn) was an Estonian writer.

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August Gailit

August Gailit (9 January 1891 – 5 November 1960) was an Estonian writer of Estonian and Latvian origin.

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August Torma

August Torma (born August Schmidt; 19 February 1895 – 12 March 1971) was an Estonian military officer, minister and diplomat.

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August Traksmaa

August Traksmaa (27 August 1893 – 16 July 1942) was an Estonian General and diplomat.

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August Wesley

August Anselm Wesley (born Wesslin); (3 August 1887; last rumoured to be alive 1942) was a Finnish journalist, trade unionist and revolutionary who was the chief of the Red Guards general staff in the 1918 Finnish Civil War.

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Augustus Agar

Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World Wars.

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Avdy Andresson

Avdy Andresson (15 November 1899 in Viluvere, Estonia – 27 August 1990 in Deerfield, New Jersey, United States) was the Estonian Minister of War in exile from April 3, 1973 until two months before his death on June 20, 1990, and disputed Commander of Armed Forces from 14 October 1975.

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Background of the Winter War

The background of the Winter War covers the period before the outbreak of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union in 1939–1940, stretching from Finland's Declaration of Independence in 1917 to the Soviet-Finnish negotiations in 1938–1939.

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Balder Tomasberg

Balder Tomasberg (1897, Paldiski – 1919, near Saint Petersburg) was an Estonian artist.

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Baltic people in the United Kingdom

Baltic people in the United Kingdom are those born or raised in the UK, or residents, who are of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian origin.

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Baltic states

The Baltic states, also known as the Baltic countries, Baltic republics, Baltic nations or simply the Baltics (Balti riigid, Baltimaad, Baltijas valstis, Baltijos valstybės), is a geopolitical term used for grouping the three sovereign countries in Northern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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Baltische Landeswehr

The Baltic Landwehr or Baltische Landeswehr ("Baltic Territorial Army") was the name of the unified armed forces of the Couronian and Livonian nobility from 7 December 1918 to 3 July 1919.

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Battle of Cēsis (1919)

The Battle of Cēsis (Cēsu kaujas; Võnnu lahing Battle of Võnnu; Schlacht von Wenden, Battle of Wenden), fought near Cēsis (or Võnnu, Wenden) in June 1919, was a decisive battle in the Estonian War of Independence and the Latvian War of Independence. After heavy fighting an Estonian force moving from the north, supplemented by Latvian units, repelled Baltic German attacks and went on full counter-attack.

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Battle of Krivasoo

Battle of Krivasoo (Krivasoo lahing; November 18, 1919 - December 30, 1919) took place in the Kriivasoo swamp, Estonia during the Estonian War of Independence between Estonian Army and the Red Army.

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Battle of Laagna

Battle of Laagna (Laagna lahing; January 18, 1919) took place in Laagna, Estonia, during the Estonian War of Independence with Estonian mariners and Finnish volunteers against the Red Army.

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Battle of Narva

The following are famous battles that took place around Narva.

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Battle of Paju

The Battle of Paju (Paju lahing) was fought in Paju, near Valga, Estonia, on 31 January 1919 during the Estonian War of Independence.

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Battle of Utria

Battle of Utria (Utria dessant) took place during the Estonian War of Independence on 17–20 January 1919 at Udria beach.

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Boris Kumm

Boris Kumm (– 21 November 1958) was an Estonian communist politician.

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British campaign in the Baltic (1918–19)

The British Campaign in the Baltic 1918–19 was a part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The codename of the Royal Navy campaign was "Operation Red Trek". The intervention played a key role in enabling the establishment of the independent states of Estonia and LatviaKinvig, Churchill's Crusade but failed to secure the control of Petrograd by White Russian forces, which was one of the main goals of the campaign.Kinvig, Churchill's Crusade, pp. 271–90.

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Bronze Night

The Bronze Night (Pronksiöö or Pronksöö), also known as the April Unrest (Aprillirahutused) and April Events (Aprillisündmused), is the controversy and riots in Estonia surrounding the 2007 relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, the Soviet World War II memorial in Tallinn.

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Bronze Soldier of Tallinn

The Bronze Soldier (Pronkssõdur, Бронзовый Солдат, Bronzovyj Soldat) is the informal name of a controversial Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which were relocated to the nearby Tallinn Military Cemetery in 2007.

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Carl Axel Mothander

Carl Axel Mothander (18861965) a former Swedish reserve officer; major in the White Finnish Army in the Finnish War of Independence 1917/18, organizer of the Finnish White Army's field hospitals promoted to major; commander of the Swedish volunteers in the Estonian War of Independence promoted to lieutenant colonel.

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Causes of the Polish–Soviet War

In the Polish–Soviet War of 1919-1921, Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine were in combat with the newly independent Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic.

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Chinese in the Russian Revolution and in the Russian Civil War

There are a number of reports about the involvement of Chinese detachments in the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War.

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Coastal batteries of Estonia

The coastal batteries presented itself as a powerful strike force of Estonian Navy between 1918 and 1940.

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Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces

The Commander of the Defence Forces is Chief of the Estonian Defence Forces and the national defence organisations.

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Commemorative Medal for the Estonian War of Independence

The Commemorative Medal for the Estonian War of Independence (Eesti Vabadussõja mälestusmärk) is an Estonian medal established on 14 December 1920 and awarded to those who served in the Estonian War of Independence of 1918-1920.

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Commune of the Working People of Estonia

The Commune of the Working People of Estonia (Eesti Töörahva Kommuun, initially Eesti Töörahwa Kommuuna; Эстляндская трудовая коммуна, ЭТК or ETK) was an unrecognised government claiming the Bolshevik-occupied parts of Republic of Estonia as its territories during the Estonian War of Independence and the Russian Civil War.

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Cross of Liberty (Estonia)

The Cross of Liberty was a medal established by then Prime Minister of Estonia, Konstantin Päts, on 24 February 1919 to honor people for their services during the Estonian War of Independence and conferred in three grades, each in three classes.

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Danish-Baltic Auxiliary Corps

Danish-Baltic Auxiliary Corps (DBAC) was a Danish company of military volunteers, established 1919 as a non-governmental initiative to help in the Estonian and Latvian war of independence.

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Decolonization

Decolonization (American English) or decolonisation (British English) is the undoing of colonialism: where a nation establishes and maintains its domination over one or more other territories.

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Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn

The Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn (Tallinna Kaitseväe kalmistu), sometimes called the Tallinn Military Cemetery (Tallinna Sojavae kalmistu), is one of the three cemeteries of the Tallinn City Centre Cemetery (Estonian: Siselinna kalmistu).

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Destruction battalions

Destruction battalions, colloquially istrebitels (истребители, "destroyers", "exterminators") abbreviated: istrebki (Russian), strybki (Ukrainian) were paramilitary units under the control of NKVD in the western Soviet Union, which performed tasks of internal security on the Eastern Front and after it.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union.

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Eastern Orthodoxy in Estonia

Eastern Orthodoxy in Estonia is practiced by 12.8% of the population, making it the second most identified religion in this majority-secular state after Lutheran Christianity with 13.6%.

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Economy of Estonia

Estonian economy is an advanced economy and a member of the European Union and of the eurozone.

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Eduard Wiiralt

Eduard Wiiralt (real name, Eduard Viiralt; March 20, 1898, Saint Petersburg Governorate – January 8, 1954, Paris) was a well-known Estonian graphic artist.

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Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair

Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair (1865 – 13 November 1945) was a British Royal Navy officer, notable for firing the first shots of the Battle of Jutland, and for leading a squadron of light cruisers in the Baltic to support independence of Estonia and Latvia in 1918–1919.

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Eero Haapalainen

Eero Haapalainen (27 October 1880 – 27 November 1937) was a Finnish politician, trade unionist and journalist, who was one of the most prominent figures of the Finnish socialist movement in the first two decades of the 1900s.

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Eero Rahola

Eero Rahola (15 January 1897, Mänttä – 22 May 1975, Helsinki) was a Finnish Counter admiral and civil servant.

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Eesti Skautide Ühing

Eesti Skautide Ühing (Estonian Scout Association, ESÜ) the primary national Scouting organization of Estonia, became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1996.

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Einar Lundborg

Einar Lundborg (April 5, 1896 – January 27, 1931) was a Swedish aviator.

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Elisabet Reinsalu

Elisabet Reinsalu (until 2012, Elisabet Tamm; born 26 April 1976) is an Estonian stage, television, voice, and film actress.

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Elmar Muuk

Elmar Muuk (26 December 1901 – 20 November 1941) was an Estonian linguist and author of a number of dictionaries and textbooks of the Estonian language, and was, together with Mihkel Veske and Johannes Aavik, responsible for development of Estonian as a modern European language.

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EML Admiral Cowan (M313)

EML Admiral Cowan (M313) is a ''Sandown''-class minehunter.

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EML Admiral Pitka (A230)

EML Admiral Pitka (A230) was a Beskytteren-class ocean patrol vessel and former flagship of the Estonian Navy, belonging to the Mineships Division.

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EML Tasuja (A432)

EML Tasuja (A432) was a diving vessel of the Estonian Navy and belongs into the Estonian Navy Mineships Division.

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Engineer Battalion (Estonia)

Engineer Battalion (Pioneeripataljon) is a combat engineering battalion of the Estonian Defence Forces, based out of Tapa Army Base.

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Era of Silence

The Era of Silence (vaikiv ajastu) was the period between 1934 and 1938 or 1940 in Estonian history.

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Erna Raid

The Erna Raid (Erna retk) was an annual international military exercise and competition, one of the longest and most difficult in the world, held every August since 1995 to 2011 in Estonia.

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Ernst Põdder

Ernst Põdder VR I/1 (10 February 1879 - 24 June 1932) was a famous Estonian military commander in the Estonian War of Independence.

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Estonia

Estonia (Eesti), officially the Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariik), is a sovereign state in Northern Europe.

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Estonia in World War II

Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Germany and the Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, concerning the partition and disposition of sovereign states, including Estonia, and in particular its Secret Additional Protocol of August 1939.

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Estonia national football team

The Estonia national football team (Eesti jalgpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international football and is controlled by the Estonian Football Association (Eesti Jalgpalli Liit), the governing body for football in Estonia.

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Estonia–Russia relations

Estonia–Russia relations (Российско-эстонские отношения, Eesti-Vene suhted) refers to bilateral foreign relations between Estonia and Russia.

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Estonia–United Kingdom relations

Estonia–United Kingdom relations, or British-Estonian relations, are foreign relations between Estonia and the United Kingdom.

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Estonian Academy of Arts

The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, media, art history and conservation-restoration.

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Estonian Air Force

The Estonian Air Force (Eesti Õhuvägi) is the aviation branch of the Estonian Defence Forces.

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Estonian Border Guard

The Estonian Border Guard (Eesti Piirivalve) was the national security agency responsible for the border security of Estonia.

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Estonian Constituent Assembly election, 1919

The Estonian Constituent Assembly (Asutav kogu) was elected on 5–7 April 1919, called by the Estonian Provisional Government during the Estonian War of Independence.

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Estonian Declaration of Independence

The Estonian Declaration of Independence, also known as the Manifesto to the Peoples of Estonia (Manifest Eestimaa rahvastele), is the founding act of the Republic of Estonia from 1918.

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Estonian Defence Forces

The Estonian Defence Forces (Eesti Kaitsevägi) is the name of the unified armed forces of the Republic of Estonia.

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Estonian Defence League

The Estonian Defence League (Eesti Kaitseliit) is the name of the unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia.

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Estonian Land Forces

The Estonian Land Forces (Maavägi), unofficially referred to as the Estonian Army, is the name of the unified ground forces among the Estonian Defence Forces where it has an offensive military formation role.

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Estonian language

Estonian (eesti keel) is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia.

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Estonian nationalism

Estonian nationalism refers to the ideological movement for attaining and maintaining identity, unity and autonomy on behalf of a population deemed by some of its members to constitute an Estonian cultural unit of population with a separate homeland, shared ancestral myths and memories, a public culture, common economy and common legal rights and duties for all members.

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Estonian Navy

The Estonian Navy (Eesti Merevägi), is the name of the unified naval forces among the Estonia Defence Forces.

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Estonian Police

The Estonian Police (Eesti Politsei) was the law enforcement agency of Estonia.

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Estonian Provincial Assembly election, 1917

The Estonian Provincial Assembly (Maapäev) was elected after the February Revolution in 1917 as the national diet of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia in Russian Empire.

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Estonian Provisional Government

The Estonian Provisional Government (Eesti Ajutine Valitsus) was formed on February 24, 1918, by the Salvation Committee appointed by Maapäev, the Estonian Province Assembly.

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Estonian Red Riflemen

Estonian Riflemen, Estonian Red Riflemen, Estonian Red Army, Estonian Red Guards (Eesti Kütiväed, Eesti Punased Kütid, Eestimaa Punaarmee, Eesti Punakaart) were military formations assembled starting 1917 in the Soviet Russia.

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Estonian Sovereignty Declaration

The Estonian Sovereignty Declaration (suveräänsusdeklaratsioon), fully: Declaration on the Sovereignty of the Estonian SSR (Deklaratsioon Eesti NSV suveräänsusest), was issued on November 16, 1988 during the Singing Revolution in Estonia.

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Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Estonian SSR or ESSR; Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik ENSV; Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика ЭССР, Estonskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika ESSR), also known as Soviet Estonia or Estonia was an unrecognized republic of the Soviet Union, administered by a subordinate of the Government of the Soviet Union.

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Estonian Students' Society

Estonian Students' Society (Eesti Üliõpilaste Selts, commonly used acronym: EÜS) is the largest and oldest all-male academical student society in Estonia, which is similar to Baltic German student corporations (should not be confused with American college fraternities).

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Estophilia

Estophilia (from Greek: φίλος, filos - "dear, loving") refers to the ideas and activities of people not of Estonian descent who are sympathetic to or interested in Estonian language, Estonian literature or Estonian culture, the history of Estonia and Estonia in general.

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Evelin Võigemast

Evelin Võigemast (until 2007, Evelin Pang; born 22 May 1980) is an Estonian stage, film television and voice actress and singer.

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Finnish Declaration of Independence

The Finnish Declaration of Independence (Suomen itsenäisyysjulistus; Finlands självständighetsförklaring; Провозглашение независимости Финляндии) was adopted by the Parliament of Finland on 6 December 1917.

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Finnish Infantry Regiment 200

Infantry Regiment 200 (Jalkaväkirykmentti 200, JR 200, Jalaväerügement 200, JR 200) or soomepoisid (Finnish Boys) was a unit in the Finnish army during World War II made up mostly of Estonian volunteers, who preferred to fight against the Soviet Union in the ranks of the Finnish army instead of the armed forces of Germany.

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Firewater (film)

Firewater (Tulivesi)is Hardi Volmer's history-based thriller released in 1994.

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Fraternitas Estica

Fraternitas Estica is an all-male academic corporation at the University of Tartu, Estonia.

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Freedom Square, Tallinn

Freedom Square (Vabaduse väljak) is a plaza on the southern end of the Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia, where the military parades and various concerts take place.

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Freikorps in the Baltic

After 1918, the term Freikorps was used for the anti-communist paramilitary organizations that sprang up around the German Empire, including in the Baltic states, as soldiers returned in defeat from World War I. It was one of the many Weimar paramilitary groups active during that time.

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Günther Reindorff

Günther-Friedrich Reindorff (Гю́нтер-Фри́дрих Ге́рманович Рейндорф Gyúnter-Frídrikh Gérmanovich Reyndorf), b. 26 January 1899, Saint Petersburg – d. 14 March 1974, Tallinn) was an Estonian graphic designer, book illustrator, and educator. He designed many postage stamps series, a large number of military insignia and bookplates, diplomas, various advertising sheets and currency in the late 1920s and early 1930s. His artistic style evolved under the influence of Art Nouveau and Art Deco works by Sergey Chekhonin, Ivan Bilibin, and other members of the Russian group Mir iskusstva.

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Gdov

Gdov (Гдов; Oudova) is a town and the administrative center of Gdovsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Gdovka River, just from its outflow into Lake Peipus.

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Gdovsky District

Gdovsky District (Гдо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia.

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German occupation of Estonia during World War I

The occupation of Estonia by the German Empire occurred during the later stages of the First World War.

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German-Baltic Party

The German-Baltic Party (Saksa-Balti erakond; Deutsch-baltische Partei in Estland, DbPE) was a political party in Estonia representing the German minority.

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Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland (Suomenlahti; Soome laht; p; Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea.

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Gustav Kalkun

Gustav Kalkun (22 March 1898 – 24 April 1972) was an Estonian discus thrower.

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Haaslava Parish

Haaslava Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County (Estonia), located southeast from the city of Tartu.

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Hans Kalm

Hans Kalm (21 April 1889 – 1 February 1981) was an Estonian soldier who served in the armies of Russian Empire, Finland and Estonia.

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Harald Tammer

Harald Tammer (9 January 1899 – 6 June 1942) was an Estonian journalist, athlete and weightlifter.

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Harju County

Harju County (Harju maakond), or Harjumaa (Harrien or Rugel, Harria) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia.

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Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces

The Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces is the highest staff of the military defence of the state of Estonia, its operation is based on the legislation of the Republic of Estonia, decisions of the Parliament and the Government and the Statutes of the Government of the Republic of Estonia.

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Heimosodat

The term in Finnish historiography heimosodat has been translated literally into English as "Kindred Nations Wars", "Wars for kindred peoples" or "Kinship Wars," specifically Finnic kinship.

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Hele Kõrve

Hele Kõrve (until 2009, Hele Kõre; born 7 January 1980), is an Estonian stage, television, film and voice actress and singer.

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Helene Vannari

Helene Vannari (born 20 March 1948) is an Estonian stage, radio, television and film actress.

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Helsinki Old Church

The Old Church of Helsinki (Helsingin vanha kirkko, Gamla kyrkan i Helsingfors), designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1826, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Helsinki.

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Herbert Brede

Herbert Lorentz Brede (25 April 1888 in Püssi – 6 October 1942 in Norilsk) was an Estonian soldier and general.

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Hermann Priess

Hermann August Fredrich Priess (24 May 1901 – 2 February 1985) was a German general in the Waffen-SS and a war criminal during World War II.

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History of Estonia

The history of Estonia forms a part of the history of Europe.

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History of Estonia (1920–39)

The history of Estonia from 1920 to 1939 spanned the interwar period from the end of the Estonian War of Independence until the outbreak of World War II, and covers the years of parliamentary democracy, the Great Depression, and the period of authoritarian rule.

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History of rail transport in Estonia

The history of rail transport in Estonia starts in 1870 when a line was opened connecting Paldiski, Tallinn, Tapa and Narva; the line extending all the way to St.

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History of the Jews in Estonia

The history of the Jews in Estonia starts with individual reports of Jews in what is now Estonia from as early as the 14th century.

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Hugo Kauler

Hugo Eduard Kauler (2 October 1893 – 22 September 1942) was an Estonian General.

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Hugo Treffner Gymnasium

Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (Hugo Treffneri Gümnaasium; abbreviated as HTG) is a secondary school in Tartu, Estonia with special emphasis on science education.

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Hummuli

Hummuli (Hummelshof) is a small borough (alevik) in Valga County, in southern Estonia.

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Independence Day (Estonia)

Independence Day (Eesti Vabariigi aastapäev) is a national holiday in Estonia marking the anniversary of the Estonian Declaration of Independence in 1918.

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Index of Estonia-related articles

This page list topics related to Estonia.

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Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 405

Infanterie-Regiment Nr.

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Ivangorod

Ivangorod (p; Jaanilinn; Jaanilidna) is a town in Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Narva River by the Estonia–Russia border, west of St. Petersburg.

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Izyaslav-class destroyer

The Izyaslav class (Изяслав) were a class of destroyers built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy.

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Jaan Kruus

Jaan Kruus (26 February 1884 – 15 May 1942) was an Estonian General.

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Jaan Maide

Jaan Maide, VR II/3 (30 May 1896 – 10 August 1945) was a senior Estonian Army officer who fought in World War I, the Estonian War of Independence and World War II.

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Jaan Poska

Jaan Poska VR III/1 (Laiusevälja, Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia – 7 March 1920, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian barrister and politician.

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Jaan Soots

Jaan Soots VR I/1 (– 6 February 1942) was an outstanding Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence.

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Jaan Tõnisson

Jaan Tõnisson (near Tänassilma – 1941?, in Tallinn?) was an Estonian statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Estonia twice during 1919 to 1920, as State Elder (head of state and government) from 1927 to 1928 and in 1933, and as Foreign Minister of Estonia from 1931 to 1932.

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Jõelähtme Parish

Jõelähtme Parish (Jõelähtme vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia.

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Jõgeva

Jõgeva (Laisholm) is a small town in Estonia with a population of around 6000 people.

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Jõgeva County

Jõgeva County (Jõgeva maakond), or Jõgevamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia.

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Jüri Vilms

Jüri Vilms (Arkma, now in Türi Parish, Järva County, Estonia – May 2, 1918, Hauho near Hämeenlinna, Finland, unconfirmed info) was a member of the Estonian Salvation Committee and the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia.

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Joakim Puhk

Joakim Puhk (25 May 1888 – 14 September 1942) was an Estonian businessman, economist and Rotarian; a member of the International Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1936 to 1942.

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Johan Laidoner

Johan Laidoner (12 February 1884 – 13 March 1953) was an Estonian general and statesman.

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Johan Pitka

Johan Pitka, VR I/1, (19 February 1872 in Jalgsema, Järva County, Estonia – disappeared September 1944 in Läänemaa, Estonia) was a famous Estonian military commander from the Estonian War of Independence until World War II.

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Johannes Kaiv

Johannes Kaiv (8 July 1897 – 20 November 1965) was an Estonian diplomat.

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Johannes Kichlefeldt

Johannes Kichlefeldt (23 November 1901 – 24 June 1981) was an Estonian footballer who made 9 appearances for the Estonia national team between 1924 and 1926.

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Johannes Orasmaa

Johannes Orasmaa, until 1935 Johannes Roska (3 December 1890 – 24 May 1943) was an Estonian General.

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Johannes Sikkar

Johannes Sikkar (October 15, 1897 – August 22, 1960) was the first head of the Estonian government in exile as Acting Prime Minister (January 12, 1953 – January 1, 1962).

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Johannes Soodla

Johannes Soodla (14 January 1897 in Kudina Parish, (now in Palamuse Parish) – 16 May 1965) was an Estonian military officer during World War I, Estonian War of Independence and World War II, serving in Kuperjanov's Partisan Battalion and the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian).

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Johannes Vares

Johannes Vares (– 29 November 1946), commonly known as Johannes Vares Barbarus, was an Estonian poet, medical doctor, and politician.

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Jorģis Zemitāns

Jorģis Zemitāns (23 February 1873, Skrīveri parish – 16 January 1928, Riga) was an army officer and commander of the Latvian Northern Brigade during the Latvian War of Independence.

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Julius Aamisepp

Julius Aamisepp (1883–1950) was a Estonian horticulturalist, agricultural scientist, revolutionary, and soldier.

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Julius Kuperjanov

Julius Kuperjanov VR I/2, VR II/2 and VR II/3 (– 2 February 1919) was an Estonian military officer during the War of Independence and commander of the Tartumaa Partisan Battalion renamed after him posthumously.

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June 23

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Junior sergeant

A junior sergeant (nooremseersant in Estonian language), is an Estonian military rank in the Ground and Air Force of Estonia, which has existed since the end of the Estonian War of Liberation in 1920.

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Kaarel Eenpalu

Kaarel Eenpalu (until 1935 named Karl August Einbund) (in Paju talu, Vesneri Parish, Tartu County, Estonia, Russian Empire – 27/28 January 1942, Kirov Oblast, Russia, USSR) was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state.

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Kadrina

Kadrina is a small borough (alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, northern Estonia.

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Kalev Infantry Battalion

The Kalev Infantry Battalion (Kalevi jalaväepataljon) is an infantry battalion of the Estonian Land Forces.

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Kanepi

Kanepi is a small borough (alevik) in Kanepi Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia.

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Karin Rask

Karin Rask (until 2005, Karin Lätsim; born 21 April 1979) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress, theatre teacher and clothing designer.

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Karl Parts

Karl Parts VR I/1, VR II/2, VR II/3 (July 15, 1886 in Palupera Commune, Estonia – September 1, 1941 in Kirov, Soviet Union) was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence.

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Karl Pärsimägi

Karl Pärsimägi (11 May 1902, Oe, Antsla Parish - 27 July 1942, Auschwitz) was an Estonian Fauvist painter.

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Kiidjärve

Kiidjärve is a village in Põlva Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia.

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Kilingi-Nõmme

Kilingi-Nõmme is a town in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia.

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Kingiseppsky District

Kingiseppsky District (Кингисе́ппский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #81-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

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Konstantin Päts

Konstantin Päts (– 18 January 1956) was the most influential politician of interwar Estonia, and served five times as the country's head of state.

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Korporatsioon Vironia

Korporatsioon Vironia (abbreviated korp! Vironia or C!V!) is an Estonian fraternal student organization and the oldest student corps in Estonia.

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Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion

The Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion (Kuperjanovi jalaväepataljon) is a battalion of the Estonian Land Forces.

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Kursi, Jõgeva County

Kursi is a village in Põltsamaa Parish, Jõgeva County in Estonia.

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Landwehr

Landwehr, or Landeswehr, is a German language term used in referring to certain national armies, or militias found in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe.

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Last European veterans by war

This is an incomplete list of the last surviving European veterans of several wars.

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Latvian Riflemen

Latvian riflemen (Latviešu strēlnieki, Латышские стрелки) were originally a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army assembled starting 1915 in Latvia in order to defend Baltic territories against Germans in World War I. Initially the battalions were formed by volunteers, and from 1916 by conscription among the Latvian population.

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Latvian War of Independence

The Latvian War of Independence (Latvijas brīvības cīņas, literally, "Latvia's freedom struggles"), sometimes called the Latvian War of Liberation (Latvijas atbrīvošanas karš, "War of Latvian Liberation"), was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invaded by Soviet Russia, and the signing of the Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty on 11 August 1920.

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Lauri Lagle

Lauri Lagle (12 February 1981), is an Estonian stage and film actor, screenwriter and stage producer, director and playwright.

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Leo Kalmet

Leo Kalmet (2 March 1900, Orajõe parish, Pärnu - 16 September 1975, Tallinn), was an Estonian theatrical director.

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Lepp

Lepp is a surname, very common in Estonia (meaning alder), and may refer to.

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Lev Galler

Lev Mikhailovich Galler (Лев Михайлович Галлер, Leo Julius Alexander Philipp von Haller) (November 17(29), 1883 – July 12, 1950) was a Soviet military leader and admiral.

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Libertas (disambiguation)

Libertas was the Roman goddess of liberty, a personification of the political libertas that distinguished the free from the enslaved.

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Liina Olmaru

Liina Olmaru (often credited as Liina-Riin Olmaru; born 11 April 1967) is an Estonian stage, radio, television, and film actress.

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List of armoured trains

This is a list of armoured trains of different countries.

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List of battles (geographic)

This list of battles is organized geographically, by country in its present territory.

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List of churches in Estonia

This is the List of churches in Estonia.

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List of conflicts in Europe

This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.

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List of Finland-related topics

This is a collection of articles relating to Finland, a country in Northern Europe.

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List of heads of government of Estonia

This is a list of people, who have been heads of government of the Republic of Estonia from 1918, either as a Chairman of the Council of Elders (1918), Prime Minister (1918-1920; 1934-1940 and from 1990), State Elder (1920–1934) or President-Regent (1937–1938).

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List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars

This a chronological list of the last surviving veterans of military insurgencies, conflicts and wars around the world.

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List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia

This is the List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia.

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List of people who disappeared mysteriously

This is a list of people who disappeared mysteriously and of people whose current whereabouts are unknown or whose deaths are not substantiated.

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List of shortest-lived sovereign states

This is a list of shortest-lived sovereign states.

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List of war films and TV specials

This is a list of war films and TV specials such as documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars.

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List of wars 1900–1944

This is a list of wars that began between 1900 to 1944. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

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List of wars involving Denmark

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Denmark.

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List of wars involving Estonia

Below is a list of military conflicts in which Estonians participated on a larger scale or took place on Estonian territory.

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List of wars involving Russia

The following is an incomplete list of armed conflicts and wars fought by Russia, by Russian people, from antiquity to the present day.

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List of wars involving the United Kingdom

This is a list of wars involving the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Great Britain and generally the British Isles.

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List of wars of independence

This is a list of wars of independence.

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List of World War II puppet states

During World War II a number of countries were conquered and controlled.

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Lithuanian Wars of Independence

The Lithuanian Wars of Independence, also known as the Freedom Struggles (Laisvės kovos), refer to three wars Lithuania fought defending its independence at the end of World War I: with Bolshevik forces (December 1918 – August 1919), Bermontians (June 1919 – December 1919), and Poland (August 1920 – November 1920).

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Lithuanian–Soviet War

The Lithuanian–Soviet War or Lithuanian–Bolshevik War (karas su bolševikais) was fought between newly independent Republic of Lithuania and the proto-Soviet Union (Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic and Lithuanian–Belorussian SSR) in the aftermath of World War I. It was part of the larger Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919.

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Logistics Battalion (Estonia)

The Logistics Battalion (Logistikapataljon) is the main central unit of the Support Command of the Estonian Defence Forces which provides various logistical support.

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Maidla, Juuru Parish

Maidla is a village in Juuru Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia.

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Marines

Marines, also known as a marine corps or naval infantry, are typically an infantry force that specializes in the support of naval and army operations at sea and on land, as well as the execution of their own operations.

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Mark V Composite tank in Estonian service

The British Mark V Composite tank, a development of the Tank Mark I saw service with the Estonian Army in the Estonian War of Independence from 1919 to 1920.

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Mart Toome

Mart Toome (born 7 March 1980) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actor.

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Martin Ekström

Martin Eugen Ekström (6 December 1887 – 28 December 1954) was a Swedish military adventurer who became the leader of the National Socialist Bloc, an umbrella organization for various fascist and National Socialist groups.

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Martin Klein (wrestler)

Martin Klein (Мартин Кляйн; 12 September 1884 – 11 February 1947) was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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Matti Aarnio

Matti Armas Aarnio, known as Motti-Matti (24 February 1901, Kouvola – 16 December 1984) was a Finnish military officer and a specialist in motti battles during World War II.

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Mauser C96

The Mauser C96 (Construktion 96) is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937.

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Meredessantpataljon

The Meredessantpataljon, was a short lived Estonian marine infantry battalion during the Estonian War of Independence of the Estonian Defence Forces subject to the Estonian Navy.

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Miina Härma Gymnasium

Miina Härma Gymnasium (Estonian: Miina Härma Gümnaasium; abbreviated as MHG) is an institution composed of a primary school and a secondary school in Tartu, Estonia.

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Military history of Estonia

Two years after the end of the Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920), the Estonian Army consisted of 3 field divisions and a number of small independent battalions and companies (1922).

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Military history of the Soviet Union

The military history of the Soviet Union began in the days following the 1917 October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power.

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Military ranks of Estonia

Present Estonian system of rank insignia is a direct descendant of various systems used in the past in the Estonian Defence Forces.

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Mirtel Pohla

Mirtel Pohla (born 28 January 1982) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress.

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Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm

"Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" ("My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy") is the national anthem of Estonia; it was adopted as the national anthem ((riigi)hümn) in 1920.

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Mustla

Mustla is a small borough (alevik) in Tarvastu Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia.

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Names in Marble

Names in Marble (Nimed marmortahvlil) is an Estonian war novel written by Albert Kivikas.

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Names in Marble (film)

Names in Marble (Nimed marmortahvlil) is an Estonian 2002 film directed by Elmo Nüganen.

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Narva

Narva (Нарва) is the third largest city in Estonia.

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Narva railway station

Narva railway station (Narva raudteejaam) is the easternmost railway station in Estonia, serving the city of Narva.

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National Audit Office of Estonia

The National Audit Office of Estonia (Riigikontroll) is an independent institution in Estonia, which is responsible for exercising economic control in order to assure the parliament and the public that public assets are used legally and effectively.

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National symbols of Estonia

The national symbols of Estonia are flags, coat of arms, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Estonia or Estonian culture.

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Nikolai Kuzmin

Nikolai Nikolayevich Kuzmin (Николай Николаевич Кузьмин) (3 April 1883 – 8 February 1938) was a Soviet political and military leader.

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Nikolai Reek

Nikolai Reek VR I/2, VR II/2, VR II/3 (born Nikolai Bazykov; in Tallinn, Estonia – 8 May 1942 Ussolye, Perm Oblast, Soviet Union) was the Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence.

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Noarootsi Parish

Noarootsi Parish (Noarootsi vald, Nuckö kommun) was a rural municipality in Lääne County, western Estonia between 1991 and 2017.

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Noored kotkad

Noored kotkad (released in 1927) is an Estonian war and adventure silent film about Estonian War of Independence, fought in 1918-1920.

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Nordic identity in Estonia

Nordic identity in Estonia refers to opinions that Estonia is one of the Nordic countries or that it should/will be considered as such in the future.

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North Russia Intervention

The North Russia Intervention, also known as the Northern Russian Expedition, the Archangel Campaign, and the Murman Deployment, was part of the Allied Intervention in Russia after the October Revolution.

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Northwestern Army (Russia)

The Northwestern Army was a White Army that operated in the Pskov Governorate, Estonia and Latvia during the Russian Civil War from 1919 to 1920.

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Ober Ost

Ober Ost is short for Oberbefehlshaber der gesamten Deutschen Streitkräfte im Osten, German for "Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East" during World War I. It also has an implied double meaning, as in its own right, "Ober Ost" translates into "Upper East," which describes its geographic region in reference to the German Empire.

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Oskar Angelus

Oskar Angelus (May 7, 1892 - November 3, 1979) was an Estonian politician and collaborator with Nazi Germany.

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Otepää

Otepää (formerly Nuustaku) is a town in Valga County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative centre of Otepää Parish.

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Ott Aardam

Ott Aardam (born 1 July 1980) is an Estonian stage and film actor.

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Otto Heinze

Otto Heinze VR I/2, VR II/3 (March 11, 1877, Kotly, Saint Petersburg Governorate – June 8, 1968, Bad Windsheim, Germany) was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence.

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Otto Strandman

Otto August Strandman (– 5 February 1941) was an Estonian politician, who served as Prime Minister (1919) and State Elder of Estonia (1929–1931).

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Otto Tief

Otto Tief (– 5 March 1976) was an Estonian politician, military commander (during the Estonian War of Independence), and a lawyer.

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Paju, Valga County

Paju is a village in Valga Parish, Valga County in southern Estonia.

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Palamuse

Palamuse is a small borough (alevik) in Jõgeva County, in Jõgeva Parish, Estonia, located about southeast of the town of Jõgeva.

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Paul Kogerman

Paul Nikolai Kogerman (in Tallinn – 27 July 1951 Tallinn) was an Estonian chemist and founder of modern research in oil shale.

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Paul Maitla

Paul Maitla (born Paul Mathiesen; Postimees March 27, 1913 – May 10, 1945) was an Estonian commander in the German Waffen-SS during World War II.

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Põltsamaa

Põltsamaa (Oberpahlen) is a town in Põltsamaa Parish, in Jõgeva County, Estonia.

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Pechorsky District

Pechorsky District (Печо́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia.

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Pechory

Pechory (Печо́ры; Estonian and Seto: Petseri) is a town and the administrative center of Pechorsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia.

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Petseri County

Petseri County (Petserimaa) was a county of Estonia established in 1918.

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PM M1910

The PM M1910 (Russian: Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года, Pulemyot Maxima obraztsa 1910 goda or "Maxim's machine gun model 1910") was a heavy machine gun used by the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during Russian Civil War and World War II.

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Polish-Lithuanian identity

The Polish-Lithuanian identity describes individuals and groups with histories in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or with close connections to its culture.

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Polish–Soviet War

The Polish–Soviet War (February 1919 – March 1921) was fought by the Second Polish Republic, Ukrainian People's Republic and the proto-Soviet Union (Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine) for control of an area equivalent to today's western Ukraine and parts of modern Belarus.

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Polish–Soviet War in 1919

In 1918, the German Army in the east was the most powerful force in the region.

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Postimees

Postimees (The Postman) is an Estonian daily newspaper established on January 1, 1857, by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.

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Priit Loog

Priit Loog (born 6 January 1984) is an Estonian stage, television and film actor.

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Pro-independence movements in Russian Civil War

Pro-independence movements in Russian Civil War within the territory of the former Russian Empire sought for creation of independent and non-Bolshevik nation states after the October Revolution.

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Prostitution in Estonia

Prostitution in Estonia is legal in itself, but organized prostitution is illegal.

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Prostitution in Europe

The legality of prostitution in Europe varies by country.

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Pskov

Pskov (p; see also names in other languages) is a city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River.

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Public holidays in Estonia

All official holidays in Estonia are established by acts of Parliament.

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Pytalovo

Pytalovo (Пыта́лово; Pitalova) is a town and the administrative center of Pytalovsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Utroya River (a tributary of the Velikaya), southwest of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Pytalovsky District

Pytalovsky District (Пыта́ловский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia.

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Rõngu

Rõngu is a small borough (alevik) in Tartu County, southern Estonia.

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Rõuge

Rõuge (Rõugõ) is a small town (alevik) in Rõuge Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.

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Rüdiger von der Goltz

Gustav Adolf Joachim Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz (8 December 1865 – 4 November 1946) was a German army general during the First World War.

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Renault FT

The Renault FT (frequently referred to in post-World War I literature as the FT-17, FT17, or similar) was a French light tank that was among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history.

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Richard Gustav Borgelin

Captain Richard Gustav Borgelin (10 February 1887, Herning, Denmark – 8 December 1966, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish officer and company commander of the Danish-Baltic Auxiliary Corps (DBAC) in 1919 during the Estonian and Latvian War of Independence.

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Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War (Grazhdanskaya voyna v Rossiyi; November 1917 – October 1922) was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions of 1917, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future.

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Ruusmäe

Ruusmäe is a settlement in Haanja Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.

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Ruut Tarmo

Ruut Tarmo (26 April 1896 – 28 January 1967) was an Estonian stage and film actor and stage director whose career spanned more than five decades.

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Scouts Battalion

The Scouts Battalion (Scoutspataljon) is a battalion of the Estonian Land Forces.

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Sinimäed Hills

The Sinimäed Hills (or Blue Hills; Vaivara Sinimäed) are three linked hills in northeastern Estonia.

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Skull and crossbones (military)

Variations on the skull and crossbones have been used by several military forces.

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Slantsevsky District

Slantsevsky District (Сла́нцевский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #47-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Soviet war crimes

War crimes perpetrated by the Soviet Union and its armed forces from 1919 to 1991 include acts committed by the Red Army (later called the Soviet Army) as well as the NKVD, including the NKVD's Internal Troops.

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Soviet westward offensive of 1918–19

The Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919 was part of the campaign by the proto-Soviet Union into areas abandoned by the Ober Ost garrisons that were being withdrawn to Germany following that country's defeat in World War I. The initially successful offensive against the Republic of Estonia ignited the Estonian War of Independence which ended with the Soviet recognition of Estonia.

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St John's Day (Estonia)

Jaanipäev (St John's Day for Christians) and Jaaniõhtu, also Jaanilaupäev (St John's Eve for Christians) are the most important days in the Estonian calendar, apart from Christmas.

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Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz

Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz (Станіслаў Булак-Балаховіч, Станисла́в Була́к-Балахо́вич; 12 November 1883 – 28 November 1940) was a notable general, military commander and veteran of World War I, Russian Civil War, Estonian War of Independence, Polish-Bolshevik War and the Invasion of Poland at the start of World War II.

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State continuity of the Baltic states

State continuity of the Baltic states describes the continuity of the Baltic states as legal entities under international lawZiemele (2005).

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Sulechów

Sulechów (Züllichau) is a town located within the Zielona Góra County, in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland.

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Suur Tõll (icebreaker)

Suur Tõll is an Estonian steam-powered icebreaker preserved in the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn.

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Suure-Jaani

Suure-Jaani is a town in the northern part of the county of Viljandimaa in Põhja-Sakala rural municipality, 25 kilometres north of the town of Viljandi.

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Taagepera Castle

The Taagepera Castle (German name: Wagenküll) is a mansion in Taagepera village, Helme Parish, Valga County, Estonia.

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Tallinn

Tallinn (or,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Estonia.

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Tapa, Estonia

Tapa is a town in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia.

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Tarmo (1907 icebreaker)

Tarmo is a Finnish steam-powered icebreaker preserved in the Maritime Museum of Finland in Kotka.

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Tartu

Tartu (South Estonian: Tarto) is the second largest city of Estonia, after Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn.

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Tõnis Kint

Tõnis Kint (– 5 January 1991) was an Estonian politician.

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Tõnis Rotberg

Tõnis Rotberg (9 September 1882 – 24 July 1953) was an Estonian General.

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Tõrva

Tõrva is a town (linn) in Tõrva Parish, in Valga County, southern Estonia.

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Territorial changes of the Baltic states

Territorial changes of the Baltic states refers to the redrawing of borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia after 1940.

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Tibla

Tibla (plural: tiblad) is an ethnic slur in the Estonian language, which refers to a Russian or a Soviet.

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Timeline of Estonian history

This is a timeline of Estonian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Estonia and its predecessor states.

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Timeline of historical geopolitical changes

This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world.

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Timeline of Russian history

This is a timeline of Russian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Russia and its predecessor states.

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Timeline of the 20th century

This is a timeline of the 20th century.

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Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)

Tartu Peace Treaty (Tartu rahu, literally "Tartu peace") or Treaty of Tartu is a peace treaty between Estonia and Soviet Russia signed on February 2, 1920 ending the Estonian War of Independence.

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Tuulepealne maa

Tuulepealne maa (lit. "Windward Land") is a twelve-part Estonian television mini-series about the pre-World War II history of Estonia, its birth as a country, the Estonian War of Independence, post-war life throughout 1920 up to 1941 and World War II.

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Type 38 rifle

The was a bolt-action rifle that supplemented the Type 99 Japanese standard infantry rifle during the Second World War.

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United Baltic Duchy

The proposed United Baltic Duchy, (Vereinigtes Baltisches Herzogtum, Balti Hertsogiriik, Apvienotā Baltijas hercogiste) also known as the Grand Duchy of Livonia, was a state proposed by the Baltic German nobility and exiled Russian nobility after the Russian Revolution and German occupation of the Courland, Livonian, and Estonian governorates of the Russian Empire.

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Valga County

Valga County (Valga maakond), or Valgamaa is the first-level administrative unit in Estonia and one of 15 counties of Estonia.

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Vaps Movement

Vaps Movement, (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 founded as an Estonian association of veterans of the Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920).

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Võidupüha

Võidupüha or Victory Day in English is a Public holiday in Estonia which takes on June 23.

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Võru County

Võrumaa, or Võru maakond (Võru County,, Võro maakund) officially, is a county in Southern Estonia.

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Veljo Reinik

Veljo Reinik (born 15 June 1981) is an Estonian stage, television and film actor.

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Vello Helk

Vello Helk (23 September 1923, Varstu, Estonia – 14 March 2014) was an eminent Danish historian of Estonian origin.

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Victory Day

Victory Day (also shortened as V-Day) is a common name of many different public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.

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Vidrik Rootare

Vidrik "Frits" Rootare (born in Tallinn, Estonia August 20, 1906 – March 5, 1981) was an Estonian chess player.

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Viktor Puskar

Viktor Puskar VR I/1 (in Viljandi – 12 April 1943 in Tartu) was an Estonian military commander (Colonel) during the Estonian War of Independence.

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Viru Infantry Battalion

The Viru Infantry Battalion (Viru jalaväepataljon) is a battalion of the Estonian Land Forces.

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Viru-Nigula Parish

Viru-Nigula Parish (Viru-Nigula vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County.

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Vooru

Vooru (locally, Vuuru) is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia.

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Vyshgorodok

Vyshgorodok (Вышгородок) (Višgorodoka or Augšpils) is a rural locality (village) in Gavry volost, Pytalovsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia, founded in the 15th century as a borderline fortress.

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Walter Cowan

Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet, KCB, DSO & Bar, MVO (11 June 1871 – 14 February 1956), known as Tich Cowan, was a British Royal Navy admiral who saw service in both World War I and World War II; in the latter he was one of the oldest British servicemen on active duty.

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War of independence

A war of independence or independence war is a conflict occurring over a territory that has declared independence.

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War of Independence Victory Column

The Cross of Liberty and the Monument to the War of Independence (Vabadussõja võidusammas) is located in Freedom Square, Tallinn, Estonia.

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West Russian Volunteer Army

The West Russian Volunteer Army or Bermontians was an army in the Baltic provinces of the former Russian Empire during the Russian Civil War of 1918–1920.

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White movement

The White movement (p) and its military arm the White Army (Бѣлая Армія/Белая Армия, Belaya Armiya), also known as the White Guard (Бѣлая Гвардія/Белая Гвардия, Belaya Gvardiya), the White Guardsmen (Белогвардейцы, Belogvardeytsi) or simply the Whites (Белые, Beliye), was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces that fought the Bolsheviks, also known as the Reds, in the Russian Civil War (1917–1922/3) and, to a lesser extent, continued operating as militarized associations both outside and within Russian borders until roughly the Second World War.

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Women's suffrage

Women's suffrage (colloquial: female suffrage, woman suffrage or women's right to vote) --> is the right of women to vote in elections; a person who advocates the extension of suffrage, particularly to women, is called a suffragist.

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1918

This year is famous for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the flu pandemic, that killed 50-100 million people worldwide.

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1919

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1920

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1st Division (Estonia)

The 1st Division was one of the three Estonian divisions created during the Estonian War of Independence, which was active till the Soviet occupation of Estonia.

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1st Infantry Brigade (Estonia)

The 1st Infantry Brigade (1.) is an infantry brigade of the Estonian Land Forces.

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1st Infantry Regiment (Estonia)

The 1st Infantry Regiment, was one of the two fast deployment border covering Estonian regiment created during the Estonian War of Independence, which was active till the Soviet occupation of Estonia.

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2nd Division (Estonia)

The 2nd Division, was one of the three Estonian divisions created during the Estonian War of Independence, which was active till the Soviet occupation of Estonia.

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2nd Infantry Brigade (Estonia)

The 2nd Infantry Brigade (2.) is an infantry brigade of the Estonian Land Forces.

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2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The Soviet 2nd Rifle Division was a rifle division that served during the Second World War.

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3rd Division (Estonia)

The 3rd Division of the Estonian Army, was one of the three Estonian divisions created during the Estonian War of Independence, which was active till the Soviet occupation of Estonia.

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6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 6th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed twice.

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7th Army (RSFSR)

The 7th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which existed between November 1918 and February 1920.

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7th Infantry Regiment (Estonia)

The 7th Infantry Regiment, was one of the two fast deployment border-covering Estonian regiments created during the Estonian War of Independence, which lasted till the Soviet occupation of Estonia.

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90th Anniversary of the Estonian Republic

The 90th Anniversary of Estonian Republic (or more commonly used Estonia 90) is an official government program for the celebration of the Republic of Estonia's 90th anniversary.

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Redirects here:

Defense of Petrograd, Estonian Freedom War, Estonian Liberation War, Estonian war of independence, German evacuation of Tallinn (1918).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_War_of_Independence

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