Karl Eenpalu
Kaarel Eenpalu (until 1935 Karl August Einbund) (, in Paju talu, Vesneri Parish (now Tartu Parish), Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 27 January 1942, in Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR) was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state, who served as 7th Prime Minister of Estonia. Education Eenpalu was educated at the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in Tartu. Between 1909 and 1914 he studied law at Tartu University and later graduated from Moscow University. Journalism From 1910 to 1912 and in 1915 he was member of the editorial board of the '' Postimees'' ("The Postman") daily in Tartu, in 1918 editor of ''Postimees'', in 1920 editor-in-chief of ''Tallinna Teataja'' ("The Tallinn Gazette") daily, and in 1924 editor-in-chief of the ''Kaja'' ("Echo") newspaper. War Eenpalu was active in World War I, serving as a battery commander in the First Estonian Artillery Regiment in 1917 and 1918. During the Estonian War of Independence in 1918–1919, ...
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Estonianization
Estonianization or Estonianisation is the changing of one's personal names from other languages into Estonian, or the development of Estonian language, culture and identity within educational and other state institutions through various programs. Family names Before 1920, some fifty percent of Estonian surnames were of foreign origin.George Kurman, ''The Development Of Written Estonian'', Routledge 1997, , page 85 At the beginning of the 1930s, president Konstantin Päts introduced a nationwide Estonianization program for family names. During this campaign thousands of Estonian citizens living in Estonia voluntarily changed their original family names. Notable Estonianized names *Karl August Einbund → Kaarel Eenpalu *Gerhardt Esperk → Ants Eskola *Harald Rudolf Klein → Ruut Tarmo *Hans Laipman → Ants Laikmaa *Kristjan Trossmann → Kristjan Palusalu Integration The integration policy is aimed at strengthening of Estonian identity among the nation's populace, to develop ...
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