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Abja
Abja-Paluoja is a town in Mulgi Parish, Viljandi County, in southern Estonia. Abja-Paluoja got the town status and became a separate urban municipality in 1993. History First documented records of the Abja manor and village date from 1457 (''Abbalis et Meitzekull''). From 1897 to 1973, the railway line passed through Abja-Paluoja, and there was a railway station in the town. In 1913, a flax factory was established near Abja-Paluoja because flax cultivation had developed in the area. The Abja Gymnasium (secondary school) was opened in 1940. Abja-Paluoja was the centre of Abja raion from 1950 to 1962. Abja-Paluoja gained town rights and became a separate urban municipality in 1993. In 1998, it was merged into surrounding rural municipality (Abja Parish) and was its administrative centre until 2017. Notable people * Karl August Hindrey (1875–1947), writer, journalist, and cartoonist * Aino Jõgi (1922–2013), linguist and translator * Kaimo Kuusk (born 1975), diplomat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abja Parish
Abja Parish () was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Viljandi County. In 2009, it had a population of 2,719 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of . After the municipal elections held on 15 October 2017, Abja Parish was merged with Halliste and Karksi parishes and the town of Mõisaküla to form a new Mulgi Parish Mulgi Parish () is a rural municipality in southern Estonia. It is a part of Viljandi County. As of 2021, the municipality has a population of 7,372, and covers . Geography The administrative centre of the Mulgi municipality is the town of A .... Settlements ;Town Abja-Paluoja ;Villages Abja-Vanamõisa - Abjaku - Atika, Estonia, Atika - Kamara, Estonia, Kamara - Laatre, Viljandi County, Laatre - Lasari - Penuja - Põlde - Räägu, Viljandi County, Räägu - Raamatu - Saate - Sarja, Estonia, Sarja - Umbsoo - Veelikse, Viljandi County, Veelikse - Veskimäe, Viljandi County, Veskimäe Twinnings * Nummi-Pusula, Finland (2004) References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulgi Parish
Mulgi Parish () is a rural municipality in southern Estonia. It is a part of Viljandi County. As of 2021, the municipality has a population of 7,372, and covers . Geography The administrative centre of the Mulgi municipality is the town of Abja-Paluoja. The municipality itself consists of 3 towns ( Abja-Paluoja, Karksi-Nuia, Mõisaküla); 2 small boroughs () ( Halliste, Õisu); and 58 villages: Abja-Vanamõisa, Abjaku, Ainja, Allaste, Äriküla, Atika, Ereste, Hirmuküla, Hõbemäe, Kaarli, Kalvre, Kamara, Karksi, Kõvaküla, Kulla, Laatre, Lasari, Leeli, Lilli, Mäeküla, Maru, Metsaküla, Mõõnaste, Morna, Mulgi, Muri, Naistevalla, Niguli, Oti, Päidre, Päigiste, Pärsi, Penuja, Põlde, Polli, Pöögle, Pornuse, Räägu, Raamatu, Raja, Rimmu, Saate, Saksaküla, Sammaste, Sarja, Sudiste, Suuga, Tilla, Toosi, Tuhalaane, Ülemõisa, Umbsoo, Univere, Uue-Kariste, Vabamatsi, Vana-Kariste, Veelikse, and Veskimäe. Rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aino Jõgi
Aino Jõgi (née Aino Nõmm; October 2, 1922 – January 15, 2013) was an Estonian linguist, emeritus associate professor of English philology at the University of Tartu, and translator. Family Aino Jõgi was born in Abja, Estonia, the daughter of Jaan Nõmm (né Rosenblatt, 1880–1947) and Leena Nõmm (née Kangur, 1897–1987), and she grew up on a farm in the Mulgimaa region. She married Aksel Jõgi (1925–2003). Education In 1941, Jõgi graduated from the Viljandi Estonian Education Society's private high school for girls, and from 1945 to 1950 she studied English philology at the University of Tartu. In 1971, she defended her philology thesis ''Inglise päritolu sõnad eesti keeles'' (Words of English Origin in Estonian). Career After graduating, Jõgi was a lecturer at the University of Tartu, where she worked until her retirement in 1992. She taught lexicology and English as a main subject and prepared teaching materials. She was one of the authors of ''Inglise-eesti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl August Hindrey
Karl August Hindrey (15 August 1875 Abja Manor, Kreis Pernau – 9 January 1947) was an Estonian writer, journalist and cartoonist. He is mostly known through his psychological short stories and historical novels. He is also considered to be the founder of Estonian comics. From 1904, he worked in the editorial offices of the newspapers ''Postimees'' and ''Päevaleht''. He used the pseudonym Hoia Ronk, when he made contributions to the two newspapers mentioned above. He established two satirical magazines: '' Sädemed'' and ''Kratt''. During the Second World War, his activities were anti-Soviet. He was also one of the Forest Brothers The guerrilla war in the Baltic states was an insurgency waged by Baltic states, Baltic (Latvian partisans, Latvian, Lithuanian partisans, Lithuanian and Estonian partisans, Estonian) partisans against the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1956. Known .... He died in 1947. He is buried in Metsakalmistu Cemetery. Works * 1906: comic book "Piripilli-Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaimo Kuusk
Kaimo Kuusk (born 5 December 1975), is an Estonian diplomat and foreign intelligence officer. From 2019 until 2023, he was the Estonian ambassador to Ukraine. In 2023, he became Estonia's ambassador to Lithuania. Early life and education Kaimo Kuusk was born in Abja-Paluoja. He attended secondary school at the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in Tartu. He is a 1998 graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tartu. Career Kuusk began his career employed at the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (, ''VLA''). He was head of the department from 1998 until 2008, and Deputy Director General from 2008 until 2019. In 2019, he was appointed the Advisor of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Bureau of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (). On 11 July 2019, he was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to Ukraine, succeeding Gert Antsu. He arrived in Kyiv for his position on 1 August, and on 11 September 2019, he prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riho Västrik
Riho Västrik (born August 4, 1965) is an Estonian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, journalist, and historian. Biography Between 1988 and 2000, Västrik studied at the University of Tartu, where he received his bachelor's degree in history and journalism. He earned his master's degree in Film Arts at the Baltic Film and Media School in Tallinn, where he has worked as an associate professor in film since 2009. From 1987 to 1990, Västrik was an actor in Tallinn's VAT Theater and, from 1990 to 1993, he worked on the editorial board of Estonian Radio. He was the chief editor of the news department for the Estonian television network RTV from 1993 to 1995. From 1997 to 2001, he worked as a news broadcaster for Eesti Televisioon. In 1996, he founded the Vesilind production company in Tallinn and has served as its managing director ever since. Västrik's documentary films focus on exploration in post-Soviet Eurasia, particularly in Siberia, the Far North, and Central Asia. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarmo Pihlap
Tarmo Pihlap (21 April 1952 – 3 August 1999) was an Estonian singer and guitarist.Eesti muusika biograafiline leksikon (EMBL). Volume 2. Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, 2007. Page 100 Pihlap studied violin at the Heino Eller Music School. From 1970 until 1972, he studied percussion at the Tallinn Music School. In 1986 he graduated from Georg Ots Tallinn Music College with a degree in singing. He was a member of several musical groups, e.g. 1965–1970 in the bands Varjud, Fix, Meloodika, and Hanuri; 1970–1971 in the band Baltika. 1971–1980 he was a soloist at Estonian State Philharmonic (including 1971–1974 in Laine and 1975–1980 in Palderjan). Since 1980 he was a freelance singer. Pihlap died in 1999 from Diabetic ketoacidosis Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a potentially life-threatening acute complication of diabetes mellitus. Signs and symptoms may include vomiting, abdominal pain, deep gasping breathing, increased urination, weakness, confusion and occasion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mati Laur
Mati Laur (born 17 June 1955, in Abja-Paluoja) is an Estonian historian. He has written and coauthored textbooks about early modern Estonia. He has published scholarly articles about eighteenth-century Estonia, which also was the subject of his doctoral dissertation. Despite this narrow specialisation, he is a professor of general history at the University of Tartu. Together with Karsten Brüggemann Karsten Brüggemann (born December 1, 1965) is a German historian. Since 2024 he has been professor at Tallinn University, School of Humanities. His research interests include history, culture and society. Topics of his publications include Balti ..., Laur is the editor of the historical journal '' Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte'' (Studies on Baltic History). References External linksCV 1955 births Living people People from Abja-Paluoja 20th-century Estonian historians Historians of Estonia Academic staff of the University of Tartu Recipients of the Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Estonia
The following is a list of the 47 cities and towns in Estonia. Before the Republic of Estonia became an independent nation in 1918, many of these locations were known in the rest of the world by their German names, which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the Estonian. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation of Estonia, placenames were transliterated into Russian ( Cyrillic alphabet) in the Soviet central government's documents, which in turn led to the use of several incorrect back-transliterations from Russian (Cyrillic) alphabet into English (and other Latin alphabets) in some English-language maps and texts during the second half of the 20th century (for example, incorrect ''Pyarnu'', ''Vilyandi'', ''Pylva'', instead of the correct Pärnu, Viljandi, Põlva). Tallinn is the capital and the most populous city of Estonia. There are 46 other ''linn'', i.e. cities and towns in Estonia (as of 2022). The Estonian word ''linn'' means both 'city' and 'town'. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Municipalities Of Estonia
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being used in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose cone to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities And Towns In Estonia
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. In a narrower sense, a city can be defined as a permanent and densely populated place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organizations, and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving the efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eesti Päevaleht
(Estonia Daily) is a major daily Estonian newspaper, from the same publishers as the weekly '' Eesti Ekspress''. Another newspaper under the same name is published weekly in Stockholm, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count .... History and profile was founded on 5 June 1995, when the newspapers '' Hommikuleht'', '' Päevaleht'' (previously '' Noorte Hääl''), and '' Rahva Hääl'' were merged into a single publication. On 29 September 1995, merged with ''Eesti Sõnumid''. In May 2011, the newspaper joined the Eesti Ajalehed group. References External links * 1995 establishments in Estonia Estonian-language newspapers Mass media in Tallinn Newspapers published in Estonia Newspapers established in 1995 {{Estonia-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
