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Yri Naelapea
Yri Naelapea (first name Georg until 1938; May 22, 1896 – May 5, 1969) was an Estonian writer, journalist, and publisher. Early life and education Yri Naelapea was born on May 22, 1896, at the Pülme farm in Arula, Estonia. Later, his parents Karl (Kaarel) Naelapää (1856–1938) and Helena "Leena" Naelapea (née Rebane, 1871–1951) operated a farm near Vidrike, where they were breeders of Estonian Red cattle. Karl Naelapea was a public figure active in various societies. The ancestors of the family came from Viljandi County. Naelapea attended the village school in Rebaste, the parish school in Otepää, Hugo Treffner High School in Tartu, and . He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu. Career Naelapea volunteered in the Estonian War of Independence as a medic in the 3rd Division of the 7th Infantry Regiment. Starting in 1924, Naelapea worked in the editorial office of ''Postimees''. He became a member of the Estonian Writers' Union in 1929. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arula
Arula is a village in Otepää Parish, Valga County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It has a population of 65 (as of 7 February 2008). Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Arula include: *Alide Ertel (1877–1955), prose writer, playwright, and poet, died in Arula * Yri Naelapea (1896–1969), writer, journalist, and publisher, born in Arula *Mats Traat Mats Traat (23 November 1936 – 27 June 2022) was an Estonian poet, poetry translator, and author. Career Traat was born in Arula, Otepää Parish. He debuted in 1962 with a collection of poetry. He published over 20 anthologies of poetry. ... (1936–2022), poet and author, born in Arula Gallery Lutsu veski paisjärv.jpg, Lutsu mill lake Arula_Emaläte.jpg, Arula Emaläte spring File:Kuutsemägi, 2009.jpg, Kuutsemägi, the highest point in Valga County (217 meters) References Villages in Valga County Kreis Dorpat {{Valga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Writers' Union
The Estonian Writers' Union (, abbr. EWU is a professional association of Estonian writers and literary critics.Marje Jõeste, Küllo Arjakas, ''The Baltic States'', Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers, 1991, page 64 History The Estonian Writers' Union was founded on 8 October 1922 under the name ''Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit'' at the 3rd Congress of Estonian writers held at the Tallinn Town Hall. One of its founding members was the poet Anna Haava. On 27 April 1923, the union began the publication of the monthly magazine '' Looming'' (''Creation''), which is one of the most important literary magazines in Estonia. In 1927, the union expanded to Tartu with the opening of a branch there. With the Soviet occupation of Estonia, the Estonian Writers' Union was dissolved on 19 October 1940. The occupation authorities launched the ''Estonian Soviet Writers' Union'' (Estonian: ''Eesti Nõukogude Kirjanike Liit''), on 8th or 9 October 1943 in Moscow, Soviet Union. From 1958, it was called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Military Personnel Of The Estonian War Of Independence
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians This is a list of notable people from Estonia, or of Estonian ancestry. Architects * Andres Alver (born 1953) * Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) * Karl Burman (1882–1965) * Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) * Georg Hellat (1870–1943) * Otto Pius Hip ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Otepää Parish
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Deaths
1969 (Roman numerals, MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – USS Enterprise fire, An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 28 and injures 314. * January 16 – First successful docking of two crewed spacecraft in orbit and the first transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another (by a space walk) between Soviet craft Soyuz 5 and Soyuz 4. * January 18 – Failure of Soyuz 5's service module to separ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery, last November, of a type of electromagnetic radiation, later known as X-rays. * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, Cape of Good Hope for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 16 – Devonport High School for Boys is founded in Plymouth (England). * January 17 – Anglo-Ashanti wars#Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War (1895–1896), Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British British Army, redcoats enter the Ashanti people, Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odamees (publisher)
Odamees (or Odamees/Carl Sarap) was an Estonian publishing house and bookstore founded by Carl Sarap that operated in Tartu from 1918 to 1927. The company published three publications, all of which were named '' Odamees''. These publications were: *''Odamees: kirjanduse, kunsti ja teaduse ajakiri'' (The Spearman: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science): a 32-page magazine edited by Friedebert Tuglas published in Tartu from April to June 1919. Five issues were published. *''Odamees: kirjanduslise humoori ja päevasündmuste nädalleht'' (The Spearman: A Weekly Magazine of Literary Humor and Current Events): a weekly magazine edited by August Alle August Alle ( – 8 July 1952) was an Estonian writer.Endel Nirk, Arthur Robert Hone, Oleg Mutt, ''Estonian Literature: Historical Survey with Biobibliographical Appendix'', Published by Perioodika, 1987, p. 215. Early life August Alle was the ... in Tartu from August 21 to October 25, 1919. Ten issues were published. *''Odamees' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eesti Raamat
Eesti Raamat (Eesti Raamat OÜ) is an Estonian publisher which is located in Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and .... It publishes mainly fiction, including children's literature. The publisher was established in 1964. Book series *"Ajast aega" *"Eesti novellivara" *"Eesti romaanivara" *"Klassikalised lood" *"Maailm ja mõnda" *"Mirabilia" *"Nobeli laureaat" *"Noorus ja maailm" *"Nüüdisromaan" *"Põhjamaade romaan" *"Saja rahva lood" *"Varamu" References External links * Book publishing companies of Estonia {{Estonia-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korporatsioon Ugala
Korporatsioon Ugala (the Ugala Fraternity), also known as Korp! Ugala, is an Estonian student corporation or fraternal organization for college students. It was established at the University of Tartu in 1913. It now has branches in four countries. History The first organizational meeting of Korporatsioon Ugala was held in Tartu, Estonia on December 5, 1912. The student corporation was officially approved by the curator of University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia on November 10, 1913. It was created as a student association dedicated to patriotism, hard work, and honesty. Its founders, recent graduates of the university, included: * Aleksander Alver * Eduard Kärner * Hans Karu * Jaan Keerberg * Jaak Kotkas * Paul Kuusik * Adalbert Lübeck * Julius Prisko * Alfred Ruus * Paul Ruus * Helmut Torrim * Richard Villems Alfred Ruus and Adalbert Lübeck were former members of Fraternitas Estica who were expelled in the spring of 1912 due to an internal rift over organizational prior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (, ), abbreviated as NKVD (; ), was the interior ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. The agency was formed to succeed the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) secret police organization, and thus had a monopoly on intelligence and state security functions. The NKVD is known for carrying out political repression and the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin, as well as counterintelligence and other operations on the Eastern Front of World War II. The head of the NKVD was Genrikh Yagoda from 1934 to 1936, Nikolai Yezhov from 1936 to 1938, Lavrentiy Beria from 1938 to 1946, and Sergei Kruglov in 1946. First established in 1917 as the NKVD of the Russian SFSR, the ministry was tasked with regular police work and overseeing the country's prisons and labor camps. It was disbanded in 1930, and its functions dispersed among other agencies before being reinstated as a commissariat of the Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
