Kavandu | |
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Village | |
  Kavandu Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 58°12′N26°39′E / 58.200°N 26.650°E Coordinates: 58°12′N26°39′E / 58.200°N 26.650°E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County | Tartu County |
| Parish | Kambja Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kavandu is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia.
Kavandu is the birthplace of Ignatsi Jaak (ca 1670–1741; (:et)), a schoolteacher and sacristan, the most famous student of scholar Bengt Gottfried Forselius. [1]
Jaak Jõerüüt is an Estonian writer and politician. He was the Defense Minister of Estonia from November 2004 to 10 October 2005.
Jaak is a version of the names Jacob and James in the Estonian language.
Jaak Uudmäe is an Estonian former triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set a personal best of 17.35 m in his Olympic victory – a mark which remains the Estonian record.
Jaak Mae is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. He won a bronze in the 15 km event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Jaak Aaviksoo is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech).
Jaak Aab is an Estonian politician of the Centre Party who has been serving as the Minister of Education and Research since 2020. He previously served twice as the Minister of Public Administration from 2017 to 2018 and 2019 to 2020 and as the Minister of Social Affairs (Estonia) from 2005 to 2007.
Kristian Jaak Peterson also known as Christian Jacob Petersohn, was an Estonian poet, commonly regarded as a herald of Estonian national literature and the founder of modern Estonian poetry. He died of tuberculosis aged 21.
Ugala is a theatre in Viljandi, Estonia.
Jaak Lipso is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games. Lipso has also won two medals at the FIBA World Championship and he is a three-time Eurobasket champion with the Soviet Union national basketball team. He was a member of the Soviet Union national team from 1961 to 1970. After his active career Lipso became a basketball coach.
Jaak Panksepp was an Estonian-American neuroscientist and psychobiologist who coined the term "affective neuroscience", the name for the field that studies the neural mechanisms of emotion. He was the Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science for the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, and Emeritus Professor of the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. He was known in the popular press for his research on laughter in non-human animals.
Jaak Salumets is a retired Estonian professional basketball player and coach who played mostly at the point guard position. Salumets is also a former Estonian Reform Party politician who was a member of the Riigikogu from 2007 to 2011.
Jaak Põldma is an Estonian tennis player.
Jaak Joala was an Estonian singer, musician and a member of two bands: Kristallid and Virmalised. He began as a flautist, later adding singing and bass guitar.
The Estonian Basketball Association is the governing body of basketball in Estonia. It was founded in 1923, and joined FIBA in 1934. After 1940 though, they suspended operations due to being occupied by the Soviet Union.
Jaak Madison is an Estonian politician, the deputy chairman of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia and a member the European Parliament, where he is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Delegation for relations with the United States and a substitute member for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Jaak Allik is an Estonian theatre critic, theatre director and politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, and was previously the Estonian Minister of Culture 1995–1999. He was member of the VII, VIII and X Riigikogu.
Estonian Poetry is poetry written in the Estonian language or in Estonia.
Jaak Peetre was an Estonian-born Swedish mathematician. He is known for the Peetre theorem and Peetre's inequality.
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