Jaan Tomp (10 September 1894 in Tuhalaane Parish (now

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 ...

Kreis Fellin Viljandi County (; , ) was a historic county in the Governorate of Livonia, and in the Republic of Estonia dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Estonian SSR in 1949. It was situated in the northern part of the governora ...

– 14 November 1924 in

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) was an Estonian communist, politician, and member of the

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. He began his legislative career in 1922, when he replaced Adolf Leevald in the

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. The chairman of the Central Council of the Workers' Unions of Estonia (), he was sentenced to death at the Trial of the 149. Following his execution, some Soviet factories and clubs were named after Tomp. During the Soviet era, Tallinn's

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was a "culture palace" initially named after Jaan Tomp (and later renamed after the communist ).

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1894 births 1924 deaths People from Mulgi Parish Politicians from Viljandi County People from Kreis Fellin Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions politicians Workers' United Front politicians Communist Party of Estonia politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Members of the Riigikogu, 1923–1926 Russian military personnel of World War I Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence Executed Estonian people Executed communists People executed for treason against Estonia People executed by Estonia by firing squad {{Estonia-1923-Riigikogu-politician-stub