Goodbye Soviet Union
Goodbye Soviet Union (, ) is a 2020 Estonian-Finnish tragicomedy film and the first Ingrian film. It was written and directed by Lauri Randla. Plot Set during the final years of the Soviet Union, the film follows Johannes (Niklas Kouzmitšev), a young boy growing up in an Ingrian family in Soviet Estonia. Johannes's free-spirited mother (Nika Savolainen) is drawn to Western ideals, while his grandmother (Ülle Kaljuste) hopes to raise him as a loyal Soviet citizen. Amid the backdrop of Estonia's push for independence, Johannes navigates family tensions, his mother's emigration to Finland, and his first love with a Chechen girl named Vera (Elene Baratašvili). Cast * Niklas Kouzmitšev - Johannes * Nika Savolainen - Mother * Ülle Kaljuste - Grandmother * Tõnu Oja - Grandfather * Pääru Oja - Uncle Kolja * Elene Baratašvili - Vera * Jekaterina Novosjolova - Lidia * Luule Komissarov Production The film was financed by Estonian Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, E ...
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Lauri Randla
Lauri may refer to: * Lauri (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lauri (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer and lead vocalist of The Rasmus * Lauri, Järva County, village in Türi Parish, Järva County, Estonia * Lauri, Põlva County, village in Kanepi Parish, Põlva County, Estonia * Lauri, Võru County, village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, Estonia See also * Lauria (other) * Laurie (other) * Lauris (given name) * Laur (surname) * Lorry * Lurie * Villa Lauri Villa Lauri is an early 20th-century Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical townhouse in Birkirkara, Malta. The villa was built as a private family residence. Part of the property is privately owned, while most of it belongs to the Roman Catholic ...

Luule Komissarov
Luule Komissarov (née Luule Proos, from 1964 until 1969 Luule Laanet, until 1974 Luule Paljasmaa; born on 11 August 1942 in Haapsalu) is an Estonian actress. In 1965 she graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory Stage Art Department. From 1965-1992 she played at Estonian Youth Theatre. Since 1996 she has been a contracted actress at the Ugala Theatre. Besides theatre roles she has played also in several films. She was formerly married to actor and journalist Aivo Paljasmaa and actor and director Kalju Komissarov. Awards * 1983: Meritorious Artist of the Estonian SSR * 2004: Order of the White Star, IV class. Selected filmography * 1971: ''Metskapten'' * 1984: ''Carolina's Silver Yarn'' * 1987: ''The Wild Swans'' * 1991: ''Lost Path'' * 1993: '' Hysteria'' * 1993: ''Õnne 13'' * 1994: ''Tulivesi'' * 1994: ''Jüri Rumm'' * 1995: '' Wikmani poisid'' * 2000: ''Armuke'' * 2009: ''Kättemaksukontor'' (TV-series) * 2018: ''Seltsimees laps'' * 2019: ''Värvid must-valgel'' * 20 ...
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2020s Finnish-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the earl ...
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