Teet Veispak | |
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 Teet Veispak in 2001 | |
| Born | September 25, 1955 |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | Historian |
Teet Veispak (born September 25, 1955) is an Estonian historian and cultural figure. [1] [2] [3]
Teet Veispak | |
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| Teet Veispak in 2001 | |
| Born | September 25, 1955 |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | Historian |
Teet Veispak (born September 25, 1955) is an Estonian historian and cultural figure. [1] [2] [3]
Veispak graduated from Tartu State University's Faculty of History in 1979. [1]
Veispak worked as a researcher and the director of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR, [1] [2] as a researcher, an exhibition organizer, and the research director of the Rakvere Museum , [4] and as the curator of exhibitions at the Kalame Farm Museum of Virumaa Museums . [5]
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