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Home Daughters
Home Daughters ( et, Kodutütred) is a patriotic youth paramilitary organization in Estonia, established in 1932 at Estonian Defence League. It is not a defence organisation. In 1939, there were registered 19,601 Home Daughters. In 1940, the organisation was eliminated due to the Soviet occupation of Estonia. In 1991, the organisation was re-established after the restoration of Estonian independence. In 2021, there were registered ~4500 Home Daughters. Leaders ( et, peavanemad): * 1933-1940 Salme Pruuden * 1992-1999 Maret Lepik * 1999-2002 Anne Eenpalu * 2002-2018 Angelika Naris * 2018-... Ave Proos See also * Scouting and Guiding in Estonia The Scout and Guide movement in Estonia is served by * Eesti Gaidide Liit, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts * Eesti Skautide Ühing, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement In addition, there are yo ... References External links * Youth organizations based in Estonia 1932 establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carry out duties that a country's military or police forces are unable or unwilling to handle. Other organizations may be considered paramilitaries by structure alone, despite being unarmed or lacking a combat role. Overview Though a paramilitary is, by definition, not a military, it is usually equivalent to a light infantry force in terms of strength, firepower, and organizational structure. Paramilitaries use "military" equipment (such as long guns and armored personnel carriers; usually military surplus resources), skills (such as battlefield medicine and bomb disposal), and tactics (such as urban warfare and close-quarters combat) that are compatible with their purpose, often combining them with skills from other relevant fields such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Defence League
The Estonian Defence League ( et, Eesti Kaitseliit) is the name of the unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia. The Defence League is a paramilitary A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carr ... Defense (military), defence organization whose aim is to guarantee the preservation of the independence and sovereignty of the state, the integrity of its land area and its constitutional order. The Defence League possesses arms and engages in military exercises, fulfilling the tasks given to it by the law. The organization is divided into 4 Territorial Defence Districts that consist of 15 Defence League regional units, called Malev (military unit), malevs, whose areas of responsibility mostly coincide with the borders of Estonian counties. Mission The Defence Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgus (publisher)
Valgus is an Estonian publisher. Valgus publishes, for example, dictionaries, study books, manuals, popular science books. Valgus' headquarters are located in Tallinn. Valgus was established in 1965. In 1991, major re-organizing was taken place and it gave rise to two publishers: Koolibri and Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers ( et, Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus) was an Estonian publisher which published reference literature (like encyclopedias, atlases) and popular science literature. As of 2009 publisher's main shareholders were Har .... Valgus continued its existing. In the time of Soviet Estonia, Valgus was published Estonian Soviet Encyclopedia. References External links * {{Authority control Book publishing companies of Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupation Of The Baltic States
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were invaded and occupied in June 1940 by the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Stalin and auspices of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that had been signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in August 1939, immediately before the outbreak of World War II. The three countries were then annexed into the Soviet Union (formally as " constituent republics") in August 1940. The United States and most other Western countries never recognised this incorporation, considering it illegal. On 22 June 1941, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union and within weeks occupied the Baltic territories. In July 1941, the Third Reich incorporated the Baltic territory into its ''Reichskommissariat Ostland''. As a result of the Red Army's Baltic Offensive of 1944, the Soviet Union recaptured most of the Baltic states and trapped the remaining German forces in the Courland pocket until their formal surrender in May 1945. Latvian plenipotentiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouting And Guiding In Estonia
The Scout and Guide movement in Estonia is served by * Eesti Gaidide Liit, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts * Eesti Skautide Ühing, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement In addition, there are youth branches Young Eagles for boys and Home Daughters for girls of the Estonian Defence League which sometimes employ the Scout method. History Scouting in Estonia dates back to 1912, when a group of boys gathered in Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet .... Since 1922, Estonia was a member of the international scouting organization. After Soviet occupation, scouting movement was banned in Estonia. See also References {{Scout-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Organizations Based In Estonia
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Youth is also defined as "the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one, who is young". Its definitions of a specific age range varies, as youth is not defined chronologically as a stage that can be tied to specific age ranges; nor can its end point be linked to specific activities, such as taking unpaid work, or having sexual relations. Youth is an experience that may shape an individual's level of dependency, which can be marked in various ways according to different cultural perspectives. Personal experience is marked by an individual's cultural norms or traditions, while a youth's level of dependency means the extent to which they still rely on their family emotionally and economically. Terminology and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
