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Jüri (given Name)
Jüri is an Estonian language, Estonian masculine given name. It is often a diminutive of the given name Jürgen. People named Jüri include: * Jüri Aarma (1951–2017), actor, musician and journalist * Jüri Adams (born 1947), politician * Jüri Allik (born 1949), psychologist * Jüri Alperten (1957–2020), conductor, pianist and music teacher * Jüri Annusson (1884–1965), politician * Jüri Arrak (born 1936), painter * Jüri Ehlvest (1967–2006), writer * Jüri Jaakson (1870–1942), businessman and politician * Jüri Jaanson (born 1965), rower * Jüri Järvet (1919–1995), actor * Jüri Käen (born 1970), swimmer and coach * Jüri Kallas (born 1967), translator, publisher and editor * Jüri-Ruut Kangur (born 1975), conductor * Jüri Käo (born 1965), businessman * Jüri Kaver (born 1974), politician * Jüri Kerem (1943–1993), caricaturist and portraitist * Jüri Kork (born 1947), politician * Jüri Krjukov (1954–1997), actor * Jüri Kukk (1940–1981), chemist, pedago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respect to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Kerem
Jüri Kerem (24 April 1943 – 8 September 1993) was an Estonian caricaturist and portraitist. He was born in Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' .... References External linksSome of Jüri Kerem's works(choose his name from the menu on the right) Estonian caricaturists Portrait artists Estonian illustrators Artists from Tallinn 1943 births 1993 deaths Tallinn University alumni {{Estonia-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Okas
Jüri Okas (born 26 August 1950 in Tallinn) is a notable Estonian architect, installation artist and printmaker. From 1957 to 1968 Jüri Okas studied in the 46th Secondary School of Tallinn (today's Pelgulinna Gymnasium of Tallinn). From 1968 to 1970 he studied in the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute (today's Tallinn Technical University). From 1970 Jüri Okas studied in the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today's Estonian Academy of Arts) in the department of architecture. He graduated from the institute in 1974. From 1974 to 1989 Jüri Okas worked in the design bureau EKE Projekt. From 1989 he has worked in the architectural bureau Okas&Lõoke OÜ. Most notable works by Jüri Okas are the gas station in Paide, the main building of Forekspank bank, the modern farm in Saaremaa and the Delta Plaza office building in Tallinn. The art creation by Jüri Okas includes numerous performances, photo collages, prints, installations, book designs and sculptures. Exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Nael
Jüri Nael (born 9 July 1975) is an Estonian choreographer, movement director, professor of contemporary performance and theatre pedagogue. Nael was born and raised in Viljandi. He is 1998 graduate of Viljandi Culture Academy, having majored in choreography. Between 2001 and 2005, he taught stage movement and dance and was a lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. From 2006 until 2011, he was a physical theatre associate professor with the academy, and since 2016, leading professor of contemporary performance. In 2019, he created and is currently running an internationa''Master of Art'' degree in Contemporary Physical Performance Making (CPPM) Between 2006 and 2007, he was a lecturer at Tallinn University's Department of Choreography, and head of department from 2007 until 2008, and associate professor from 2007 until 2011. He has also been a visiting Professor of Choreography at Jacksonville University in Florida, US. Since 2011, he is a lecturer of physical the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Müür
Jüri Müür (born 7 January 1929, Tartu – 17 November 1984) is an Estonian film director, screenwriter and actor. In 1960 he graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Filmography * 1961: ''Ühe küla mehed'' (feature film; director) * 1964: ''Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan ''Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan'' (''The New Devil of Hellsbottom'', English release title: ''Devil with a False Passport'') is a 1964 Estonian film directed by Grigori Kromanov and Jüri Müür, and based on the 1939 novel of the same name by A. H ...'' (feature film; director) * 1968: ''Inimesed sõdurisinelis'' (feature film; director) * 1977: ''Reigi õpetaja'' (feature film; director) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Muur, Juri 1929 births 1984 deaths Estonian film directors Estonian screenwriters Estonian male film actors 20th-century Estonian male actors People from Tartu 20th-century screenwriters Burials at Pärnamäe Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Mõis
Jüri Mõis (born 25 October 1956 in Pärnu) is an Estonian politician and businessman, who was mayor of Tallinn between November 1999 and June 2001, and who was the Minister of the Interior between 25 March and 5 November 1999. He is one of the three founders of Hansapank Hansabank was a bank operating in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania owned by the FöreningsSparbanken/ Swedbank, a Swedish bank. Following a decision taken by the Swedbank group on 15 September 2008, the Hansabank name was discontinued in 2009 w .... References 1956 births Living people Mayors of Tallinn People from Pärnu Ministers of the Interior of Estonia 20th-century Estonian politicians 21st-century Estonian politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1999–2003 {{Estonia-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Marksoo
Jüri Marksoo (born Jüri Markson; 10 August 1876 Ertsma, Pärnu County – 3 October 1941 Sevurallag, Sverdlovsk Oblast) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of Estonian National Assembly Estonian National Assembly ( et, Rahvuskogu) was a bicameral national assembly which was convened after the 1936 Estonian National Assembly referendum received popular support to draft a new constitution. The First Chamber had 80 members and was ... ( et, Rahvuskogu). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Marksoo, Juri 1876 births 1941 deaths Members of the Estonian National Assembly Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class Gulag detainees Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People who died in the Gulag People from Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Luik
Jüri Luik (born 17 August 1966 in Tallinn) is an Estonian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Defence in the government of Prime Minister Jüri Ratas. In addition, he chaired the EPP Defense Ministers Meeting, which gathers the center-right EPP ministers ahead of meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). Career in diplomacy Prior to his current position, Luik was from 2003 - 2007 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to Canada, the United Mexican States and the United States of America. He has been active in Estonian foreign affairs since 1991. Political career Luik has held the positions of Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs. See also * Estonian Defence Forces The Estonian Defence Forces ( et, Eesti Kaitsevägi) are the unified military forces of the Republic of Estonia. The Estonian Defence Forces consist of the Estonian Land Forces, the Estonian Navy, the Estonian Air Force, and the paramilitary E ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juri Lotman
Juri Lotman (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Ло́тман; 28 February 1922 – 28 October 1993) was a prominent Russian-Estonian literary scholar, semiotician, and historian of Russian culture, who worked at the University of Tartu. He was elected a member of the British Academy (1977), Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (1987), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1989) and Estonian Academy of Sciences (1990). He was a founder of the Tartu–Moscow Semiotic School. The number of his printed works exceeds 800 titles. His archive (which is now kept at the University of Tallinn and at the Tartu University Library) which includes his correspondence with a number of Russian and Western intellectuals, is immense. Biography Juri Lotman was born in the Jewish intellectual family of lawyer Mikhail Lotman and Sorbonne-educated dentist Aleksandra Lotman in Petrograd, Russia. His elder sister Inna Obraztsova graduated from Leningrad Conservatory and became a composer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Lossmann
Jüri Lossmann ( – 1 May 1984) was an Estonian long distance runner. He finished second in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at 2:32:48.6, trailing Hannes Kolehmainen by 13 seconds, but beating the third-placed Valerio Arri by almost 4 minutes. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he was the flag bearer for Estonia and finished tenth in the marathon. Biography Lossmann started as a football player for ''Merkur'' club before changing to athletics. He was wounded in World War I, but recovered and in 1916 won a marathon race in Tallinn and the Russian Championships in the 5000 m. In 1923 he won the international marathon in Gothenburg, Sweden, and in 1928, he ran the first leg of the Trans-America Run. Next year he set an Estonian record in one-hour running and competed in the Antwerpen marathon. Besides running, Lossmann worked for the Estonian Chocolate Factory Kawe in 1922–36, and in the 1930s trained Estonian long-distance runners, but without much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Lina
Jüri Lina (born on 13 October 1949 in Tartu) is an Estonian journalist, writer, paranormal investigator, music producer, radio host, film director and ufologist. In 1960s and 1970s he published many works (articles, reviews, translations) which were anti-Soviet. Due to discord with Soviet powers, in 1979 he was expelled from Estonia by Soviet authorities. Since then he has lived mainly in Sweden. In 1991 he was rehabilitated. Lina's works are usually conspiratorial, anti-Masonic, anti-Communist and anti-semitic. He is one of the most well known Holocaust deniers of Estonia. Since 1995 he is a member of Swedish Publicists' Association (Publicistklubben). Biography From 1960-1970, Jüri Lina first began to write articles, reviews and translations and produced radio programs, the most famous of which was " Pobifo revüü", the first program of which was broadcast on Eesti Raadio's corresponding II program, or Vikerraadio, on 22 May 1968. In 1967, Lina participated in the foundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Liim
Jüri Liim (born on 9 November 1940 in Tallinn) is a former Estonian politician, investigative journalist and track and field athlete (long-distance runner). 1965-1976 he won several medals at Estonian championships. In 1990–1992 he was a member of parliament of Estonia (''Ülemnõukogu'') and Estonian Congress. He was one of the founders and leaders of Estonian Green Party ( et, Eesti Roheline Partei) (later Estonian Greens). Awards * 2006: Order of the National Coat of Arms The Order of the National Coat of Arms ( et, Riigivapi teenetemärk, french: Ordre du Blason National) was instituted by Konstantin Päts on 7 October 1936 to commemorate 24 February 1918, the day on which Estonian independence was declared. The ..., III class. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Liim, Juri Living people 1940 births Estonian Greens politicians Estonian politicians Estonian journalists Estonian male long-distance runners Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
