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Aavo
Aavo is an Estonian masculine given name. As of 1 January 2021, Aavo was the 220th most popular male name in Estonia. The name Aavo is the most common in Põlva County, where 12.12 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the name. Individuals bearing the name Aavo include: * Aavo-Valdur Mikelsaar (born 1941), medical scientist and geneticist * Aavo Mölder (born 1944), politician * Aavo Ots (1951–2023), trumpet player, conductor and music teacher *Aavo Pikkuus (born 1954), cyclist * Aavo Põhjala (born 1957), judoka and judoka coach *Aavo Sarap (born 1962), football coach *Aavo Sillandi Aavo Sillandi (until 1936 Nikolai Kleinson; 17 June 1912 – 22 October 1983) was an Estonian footballer and sport coach. He was born in Pechory, Russia. In 1936 he joined with the sport club JS Estonia Tallinn. Before 1941 the club won several Es ... (1912–1983), footballer and coach * Aavo Sirk (born 1945), physicist References {{given name Masculine given names Estonian masculine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aavo Pikkuus
Aavo Pikkuus (born 23 November 1954) is a retired Estonian cyclist. He was part of the that won the 100 km team time trial at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1977 UCI Road World Championships and finished second at the world championships in 1975 and 1978. Between 1974 and 1977 Pikkuus won four national (Soviet) titles in the road race. In 1975 he finished third at the multistage Peace Race. He won that race in 1977 individually and in 1975 and 1977–1979 in the team competition; in 1977 he was leading the race from start to finish. He won the Circuit de la Sarthe in 1977 and Giro delle Regione in 1978. He retired from cycling in 1981 and for several years successfully competed in auto rally. (For example, he won the 1983 Saaremaa Rally.) Later he owned a car shop, which burned down in the 1990s. Pikkuus is an honorary member of the Estonian Olympic Committee and was named Estonian Sportspersonality of the year The Estonian Athlete of the Year ( et, Eesti Aasta Sportlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aavo Põhjala
Aavo Põhjala (born 1 August 1957 in Tartu) is an Estonian judoka and judoka coach. In 1980 he graduated from University of Tartu, Tartu State University in physical education. 1974-1986 he become 14-times Estonian champion in different judo weight categories. Since 1980 he worked as a judoka coach. 1984-2013 he was the principal coach of Estonian national judoka team. Students: Indrek Pertelson, Aleksei Budõlin, Dmitri Budõlin, Martin Padar. Since 2014 he is the president of Estonian Judo Federation. Awards: * several times Estonian Judoka of the Year * 2000: Estonian Coach of the Year * 2001: Order of the Estonian Red Cross, IV class. References External links * Living people 1957 births Estonian male judoka Estonian sambo practitioners Estonian sports coaches University of Tartu alumni Sportspeople from Tartu {{estonia-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aavo Sarap
Aavo Sarap (born 21 April 1962 in Tallinn) is an Estonian football coach, he works now as Head coach of IF Gnistan in Finland. Coaching career Sarap has also coached the Estonian national team during 1995. In 2004 Aavo Sarap became the head coach of then in II Liiga JK Tallinna Kalev. The team was promoted to Esiliiga where they missed out on promotion in 2005, but in 2006 Sarap lead Kalev to promotion playoffs where they beat JK Viljandi Tulevik in two match aggregate by an away goal. In 2007 Sarap lead Tallinna Kalev to 6th-place finish as the best amateur team in the top division Meistriliiga. In 2008 the club again impressed by staying in the top division after finishing 8th this time around. In 2009 when Kalev was on the verge of relegation Tallinna Kalev's and Aavo Sarap's successful alliance found its end. Sarap is also the former coach of Atlantis FC Atlantis FC is a Finnish football club, based in Helsinki. It currently plays in the third tier of Finnish football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aavo Mölder
Aavo Mölder (born 30 March 1944 in Vasula) is an Estonian politician. He was a member of VIII Riigikogu VIII Riigikogu was the eighth legislature of Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1995 election. Election results Officers Speaker of the Riigikogu: Toomas Savi. List of members of the Riigikogu References .... References Living people 1944 births People's Union of Estonia politicians Conservative People's Party of Estonia politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1995–1999 Agriculture ministers of Estonia Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 5th Class Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 2nd Class People from Tartu Parish Voters of the Estonian restoration of Independence {{Estonia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aavo Sillandi
Aavo Sillandi (until 1936 Nikolai Kleinson; 17 June 1912 – 22 October 1983) was an Estonian footballer and sport coach. He was born in Pechory, Russia. In 1936 he joined with the sport club JS Estonia Tallinn. Before 1941 the club won several Estonian Championships. Sillandi was also a member of Estonian national football team The Estonia national football team ( et, Eesti jalgpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international football matches and is controlled by the Estonian Football Association, the governing body for football in Estonia. Estonia's home ground is .... In total he played in three matches (all in 1937) and goaled once. In 1940, Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II, Sillandi was arrested when working as a police officer, and sentenced to prison for 10 years of prison detention in Sverdlovsk prison camp. After he organized an uprising, the sentence was extended by another ten years. In 1956 he received amnesty. After that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aavo Sirk
Aavo Sirk (born in 1945) is an Estonian physicist. He has worked at National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics He gave his signature to Letter of 40 intellectuals.Kiin, S.; Ruutsoo, R.; Tarand, A. 1990. ''40 kirja lugu''. Tallinn: Olion, page. 219. In 2006, he was awarded with Order of the National Coat of Arms, IV class. References Living people 1945 births 20th-century Estonian physicists 21st-century Estonian physicists Date of birth missing (living people) {{physicist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last "pagan" civilisations in Europe to adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, mea ...) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Põlva County
Põlva County ( et, Põlva maakond or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 28,507 people live in Põlva County – constituting 2.3% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2013). Government The County Government (Estonian: ''Maavalitsus'') is led by the Governor (Estonian: ''maavanem''), who is appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Since 2007, the Governor position is held by Priit Sibul. Municipalities The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 3 rural municipalities ( et, vallad – parishes) in Põlva County. Demographics 27,028 people live in Põlva County – constituting 2.1% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2013). Gallery Ahja tiik 2.jpg, Ahja Pikajärve mõisa aitkuivati *.jpg, Pikajärve manor granary Aalupi järv 2013 08.jpg, Lake Aalupi Pikajärve mõisa peahoone2.jpg, Pikajär ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
