Theodor Rõuk (14 December 1891 – 21 July 1940) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n lawyer, politician and soldier. Rõuk was born in Kabala Parish (now, part of

Türi Parish Türi Parish () is a rural municipality in Järva County, Estonia. On 16 October 2005 Kabala Parish, Oisu Parish, Town of Türi and the former Türi Parish were united to form a new Türi Parish. In 2017 the parishes of Türi, Käru and Vää ...

). In 1924 he was

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. Following the

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in 1940, Rõuk committed suicide in

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, aged 48. His granddaughter is diplomat and translator

Piret Saluri Piret Saluri (née Piret Rõuk; born October 22, 1943) is an Estonian translator and diplomat. Education Piret Saluri studied at and Tallinn High School No. 21, where she graduated in 1962. In 1962, she entered Tartu State University to study ...

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