Eerik Aps (born 22 October 1987 in Tallinn) is an Estonian wrestler. [1]
He started wrestling in 1994. He placed 5th at 2017 European Wrestling Championships (men's Greco-Roman 85 kg). He is multiple-times Estonian champion during 2006-2018. [1]
Paul-Eerik Rummo is an Estonian poet, playwright, translator and politician who was the former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education, as well as the former Estonian Minister of Population Affairs.
Singer Vinger is an Estonian punk rock band. It was founded in 1985, before that being named Pära Trust, Turist and Aken (Window) among others; the name Singer Vinger was picked by authorities, because "Turist" was deemed inappropriate by the Soviet Estonian ministry of culture. The leader, main songwriter and singer is and has been throughout the name changes Hardi Volmer. Main themes in band's songs are social-critic irony and humour.
Eerik Kumari born Erik Mathias Sits was a biologist, and pioneer of ornithology and nature conservation in Estonia. He was born in Kirbla, Lihula Parish. He was a director of the Institute of Zoology and Botany at the Estonian Academy of Sciences during 1952–1977. He was the president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society in 1954–1964.
Firewater is Hardi Volmer's history-based thriller released in 1994.
Mari Reitalu is an Estonian botanist. She was a recipient of the Eerik Kumari Award in 1993.
Eerik Kumari Award is an award given since 1989 to those who have excelled in bioscience in Estonia. It is named after Eerik Kumari (1912–1984), who was chairman of the National Conservation Committee of the Estonian Academy of Sciences from 1952 to 1977.
Puhtu is a former islet and since the beginning of the 19th century a peninsula in western Estonia. Administratively it belongs to Virtsu small borough in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County.
Eerik-Niiles Kross is an Estonian politician, diplomat, former chief of intelligence and entrepreneur. He is a member of parliament (Riigikogu). During the 1980s, Kross was a prominent figure in the anti-Soviet non-violent resistance movement in Soviet Estonia. After re-independence, in 1991, he joined Estonia's Foreign Ministry. He served as the head of intelligence from 1995 to 2000; and as national security advisor to former President Lennart Meri in 2000 and 2001.
Eerik is a masculine given name most commonly found in Estonia and Finland. It is a cognate of the English language name Eric. Men and boys named Eerik celebrate name day in Finland and Estonia on 18 May.
Kross is a surname. It is an occupational surname for a maker of ceramic kitchenware, metonymically derived from Middle Low German krus, kros ‘pitcher’, ‘ceramic drinking vessel’. Variants: Kröss, Kress. It is also an Estonian spelling of the surname Gross.
Kõue Manor is a manor in Triigi, Kose Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia.
Estonia competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.
Eerik-Juhan Truuväli was an Estonian lawyer and professor of legal theory at the University of Tartu.
Romi Mankin is an Estonian physicist known for his work in the field of stochastic processes. Currently he holds a post in Tallinn University as a Professor of Theoretical Physics. He is well published having published many articles in both the Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences and in the various sections of Physical Review. and other major journals.
Estonia competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
Eerik Marmei is an Estonian diplomat.
Kalev Gustav Arro was an Estonian partisan during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. He was part of the Forest Brothers (Metsavennad), a group of resistance fighters who hid in the forests of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the struggle against Soviet authority. He is noted for disguising himself as a vagrant for 30 years to evade capture.
Eerik Haamer was an Estonian painter.
Eerik Idarand is an Estonian speed skater and former track cyclist.
Eerik Jago is an Estonian volleyball player.