Andrus Ansip is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously, he was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party from 2004 to 2014.
In the course of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany invaded Estonia in July–December 1941, and occupied the country until 1944. Estonia had gained independence in 1918 from the then-warring German and Russian Empires. However, in the wake of the August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact, the Soviet Union had invaded and occupied Estonia in June 1940, and the country was formally annexed into the USSR in August 1940.
The Estonian Workers' Commune was a government claiming the Bolshevik-occupied parts of Republic of Estonia as its territories during the Estonian War of Independence and the Russian Civil War. It was recognised as an independent state only by Russian SFSR on December 7th, 1918.
Cinema of Estonia is the film industry of the Republic of Estonia. The motion pictures have won international awards and each year new Estonian films are seen at film festivals around the globe.
Viktor Puskar VR I/1 was an Estonian military commander (Colonel) during the Estonian War of Independence.
Otto Tief was an Estonian politician, military commander, and a lawyer.
The Estonian Defence League is a voluntary national defence organization of the Republic of Estonia, under management of the Ministry of Defence. Its aim is to guarantee the preservation of the independence and sovereignty of the state, the integrity of its land area and its constitutional order.
Theodor Luts was an Estonian film director and cinematographer, brother of classic writer Oskar Luts. Theodor Luts was the first major figure of Estonian cinematography
Alatskivi is a small borough in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Alatskivi Parish before the Estonian administrative reform. Alatskivi had around 390 citizens in 2015 with an area of 128 square km².
Ruut Tarmo was an Estonian stage and film actor and stage director whose career spanned more than five decades.
Young Eagles of Estonia is a patriotic youth paramilitary organization in Estonia, established in 1930. It is not a defence organisation.
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Aksella Luts was an Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, choreographer, film editor and photojournalist.
Aino Talvi was an Estonian stage, film, and radio actress and singer whose career spanned over sixty years.
Amalie Konsa, was an Estonian stage actress and singer usually based in Tartu. She was known as the "grandmother of the Estonian theatre"
Christian Jaan Kaarna was an Estonian journalist, banker, and politician.
Juhan Luiga was an Estonian psychiatrist, physician, author, publicist, and politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu.
Arnold Vaino was an Estonian actor and director.
Vambola Kurg was an Estonian actor.
Leopold-Ottomar Hansen was an Estonian actor and theater director.
