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Vaino
Vaino or Väino is both a masculine Estonian given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Väino Aren (1933–2023), Estonian ballet dancer, actor and operetta singer * Väino Ilus (born 1929), Estonian writer * Väino Laes (born 1951), Estonian actor * Väino Linde (born 1959), Estonian lawyer and politician * Väino Reinart (born 1962), Estonian diplomat * Vaino Spencer (1920–2016), American judge *Vaino Vahing Vaino Vahing (15 February 1940 – 23 March 2008) was an Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and playwright. Starting from 1973, he was a member of the Estonian Writers Union. Early life Vlahing was born in Aravu, Põlva County. In 1963 he ... (1940–2008), Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and playwright * Vaino Väljas (1931–2024), Estonian Soviet politician, Chairman of the 6th Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR * Vaino Olavi Partanen (1928–1969), Canadian naval chief petty officer * Väino Puura (born 1951), Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ants Vaino
Ants Vaino (15 February 1940 – 15 June 1971) was an Estonian racing driver. He was born in Vändra, Pärnu County. He began his motorsport career in 1965, coached by Arkadi Nõmmeste. In 1969 and 1970 he won silver medal at Soviet Union championships for Formula 4 FIA Formula 4 (F4) is an open-wheel racing car category intended for junior drivers. There is no global championship, but rather individual nations or regions can host their own championships in compliance with a universal set of rules and speci ... class. He is multiple-times Estonian champion in different racing disciplines. He died on 15 June 1971 in Borovaya circuit in Belarus, due to injuries after formula accident. References 1940 births 1971 deaths Estonian racing drivers People from Vändra Sportspeople from Pärnu County Racing drivers who died while racing {{Estonia-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Väino Aren
Väino Aren (11 August 1933 – 18 April 2023) was an Estonian ballet dancer, actor, and operetta singer. Career Born in Pala, Tartu County, Pala, Tartu County, Aren studied at Vanemuine Ballet Studio in Tartu. From 1953 until 1955, he studied at the Leningrad Choreographic School. In 1959 he graduated from Tallinn Choreographic School. From 1950 until 1971 (with pauses), he was ballet soloist at Estonia Theatre; from 1971 until 1975 operetta soloist and since 1978 a stage manager at Estonia Theatre. He also played in films and television series, such as his longstanding role as Kristjan Rosenkampf-Jägerfreund in the Eesti Televisioon drama series ''Õnne 13'' from 1993 until his death in 2023. Personal life Väino Aren's father was a railway worker and his mother a kindergarten teacher. His older brother was actor Rein Aren. Aren was married to ballerina and frequent stage partner Helju Aren. They were married until her death in 1984. Aren was the partner of opera singer Anu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Väinö Voionmaa
Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa (to 1906 Wallin) (12 February 1869 in Jyväskylä – 24 May 1947 in Helsinki) was a Finnish professor, diplomat, member of the parliament of Finland, senator, minister and chancellor. He also was one of the most influential politicians during the early times of independent Republic of Finland. He was a Social Democrat.Sakari Virkkunen, "The Presidents of Finland II" / Suomen presidentit II, Helsinki: Otava Publishing Ltd., 1994). As an academic, Voionmaa contributed to introduce economic and geographic perspectives into Finnish history writings. He has studied the medieval times and the rise of the modern urban industrial society. He was also one of the founders of the School of Social Sciences in 1930 that eventually became the University of Tampere. Cabinet positions Voionmaa was one of the senators in the Tokoi senate in 1917 before the declaration of independence. Later he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Väinö Tanne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarja Vaino
Maarja Vaino (née Maarja Helme; born April 24, 1976) is an Estonian literary scholar. Since 2017, she has been the director of the . Early life and education Maarja Vaino was born in Tallinn, Estonia, the daughter of the art historian Sirje Helme and the politician Mart Helme. Vaino graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University with a bachelor's degree in Estonian philology, and she defended her dissertation cum laude in Estonian literary and cultural studies at Tallinn University in 2011; her dissertation title was ''Irratsionaalsuse poeetika A. H. Tammsaare loomingus'' (The Poetics of Irrationalism in the Work of A. H. Tammsaare, supervised by Rein Veidemann). The dissertation received the main prize across disciplines and levels in the National Student Research Paper Competition, and it was selected as the best dissertation of 2012 in the humanities dissertation category in the Tallinn University Student Research Paper Competition. An expanded version of the dissertatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Vaino
Karl Genrikhovich Vaino (; ; ''alias'' Kirill Voinov; 28 May 1923 – 12 February 2022) was a Russian-born Soviet politician in Soviet-occupied Estonia. In 1978–1988 he was the formal leader of the Communist Party of the Estonian SSR. Early life and career Karl Genrikhovich Vaino was born in 1923 and raised in the city of Tomsk, Siberia, in then Soviet Russia. His father Heinrich Vaino (later russified as Genrikh; 1889–1965) was an active Estonian Bolshevik who had moved to Siberia in 1918 after the Bolshevik Russian invasion into Estonia had failed in the 1918–1920 Estonian War of Independence. His mother, Liidia ''née'' Savi, was a daughter of Estonian immigrants who had settled in Siberia at the beginning of the 20th-century. After graduating from what is now the Omsk State Transport University in 1947, Vaino moved to then Soviet-occupied Estonia, and started working in engineering and technical jobs on the railway. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joonas Vaino
Joonas Vaino (born 22 April 1992) is an Estonian professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Finnish club Namika Lahti at the power forward position. Club career Joonas Vaino came through youth ranks to play first-tier basketball for BC Rakvere Tarvas and made his debut in KML when he was 16 years old. In his first year, he spent most of the time on the bench, because his season was marred with injuries. The following season he joined Korisliiga team LrNMKY though, where he stayed for a season. He rejoined the hometown team which had reached the finals during his Finnish year, and played there for two seasons. Since 2012, he has been playing with Namika Lahti. International career Vaino has been a member of many youth national teams with his native Estonia. With U20 team, they managed to get promotion to the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship A division, defeating Belgium U20 on their way to the final, but lost to Georgian team. Honours *Korvpalli Meistri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Vaino
Arnold Vaino (26 June 1900 in Tartu – 15 March 1960 in Tallinn) was an Estonian actor and director. From 1921 to 1932, he was an actor at Vanemuine Theatre Vanemuine () is a theatre in Tartu, Estonia. It is the first Estonian language, Estonian-language theatre. Stemming from the Vanemuine Society (1865), the theatre's first performance was Lydia Koidula's ''Saaremaa Onupoeg'' ("The cousin from S ... and from 1932 to 1941, he worked at Estonia Theatre. Besides theatre roles he played also in films. Filmography * 1927 '' Noored kotkad'' (feature film; role: student Tammekänd) * 1930 ''Vahva sõdur Joosep Toots'' (feature film; co-director and the role: Joosep Toots) * 1931 ''Kas tunned maad?'' (documentary film; role: ?) References 1900 births 1960 deaths Estonian male stage actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male silent film actors 20th-century Estonian male actors Estonian theatre directors Male actors from Tartu {{Estonia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Vaino
Anton Eduardovich Vaino (; born 17 February 1972 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a Russian diplomat and politician of Estonian descent. Currently he is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. Vaino is the grandson of Karl Vaino, the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. Biography Vaino graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Russian Foreign Ministry in 1996, with a degree in international relations. He worked in the Embassy of Russia in Tokyo and later in the Second Asian Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Vaino joined the Russian Presidential Protocol Directorate in 2002. He worked as deputy head of the Presidential Protocol Scheduling Directorate. He was named to first deputy head of this department in 2007, then deputy chief of the Government Staff, later chief of the Prime Minister's P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Väino Uibo
Väino Uibo (7 October 1942 – 24 January 2024) was an Estonian actor, singer, director and theatre leader. Life and career In 1970 he graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory Performing Arts Department. Between 1970–1975 and 1977–1981 he was an actor at Vanemuine theatre, between 1981–1989 at Ugala Theatre. From 1998 to 2001, he was the head of the Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a populated places in Estonia, town on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Municipality and the seat of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded popul ... Town Theatre (). Besides theatre roles he appeared also in four films. From 1993 until 1998, he was the mayor of Elva. Personal life and death Uibo was married to cultural organizer Riina Uibo, with whom he had two sons, including singer and politician Toomas Uibo. In 1989, the family relocated to Sweden. Uibo returned to Estonia in 1992, following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Väino Ilus
Väino Ilus (born 8 December 1929) is an Estonian writer. He was born in Viljandi. From 1949 to 1953, he worked as a journalist. From 1961 to 1981, he was member of the editorial office of the journal ''Looming ''Looming'' is a term found in the study of perception, as it relates directly to psychology. Looming occurs when an object begins moving closer to the eye. As the resulting image becomes increasingly larger on the perceiver's retina, i.e., when ...''. Since 1958, he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union. Works * 1965: short stoy collection "Muutlike ilmade ajal" ('A Time of Changeable Weather') * 1968: novel "Tuulekülvid" ('Sowings of the Wind') * 1978: novel "Kinsli peremehed ('The Masters of Kinsli') References 1929 births Possibly living people Estonian male short story writers Estonian male novelists Estonian editors 20th-century Estonian writers People from Viljandi {{Estonia-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Väino Puura
Väino Puura (born 30 January 1951) is an Estonian opera and operetta singer (baritone). In 1978, he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. From 1976 to 2011, he was soloist for Estonian National Opera. Besides opera roles, he has also participated in several music films (e.g. " Siin me oleme"), television series (e.g. "Kelgukoerad") Early life and education Puura was born in Keema, Võru County, Estonia on 30 January 1951. His father Valter and mother Alli were loggers. Career During his time at the Tallinn Conservatoire, he sang as part of the Vanemuine Theatre's choir from 1971 to 1973. In 1971, he performed in his first opera role in Luigi Cherubini's ''Medea''. Roles * envoy ( Cherubini's "Medeia", 1971 in Vanemuine) * friend (Oit's "Kes usub muinasjutte", 1972 in Vanemuine) * Figaro and Almaviva (Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
