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Mait (given Name)
Mait is an Estonian masculine given name. People named Mait include: *Mait Klaassen (born 1955), veterinary scientist and politician *Mait Kõiv (born 1961), historian ( :et) *Mait Künnap (born 1982), tennis player * Mait Laas (born 1970), animated film director *Mait Lepik (born 1968), actor, cinematographer * Mait Mäekivi (born 1959), cinematographer *Mait Malmsten (born 1972), actor *Mait Maltis (born 1951), singer * (1949–2005), politician *Mait Metsanurk (1879–1957), writer *Mait Müntel (born 1977), physicist ( :et) *Mait Patrail (born 1988), handball player * Mait Püümets (1882–1965), physician and politician * (born 1963), writer * Mait Riisman (born 1956), water polo player *Mait Vaik Mait Vaik (born on August 22, 1969, in Tallinn) is an Estonian writer and musician, a member of Estonian Writers' Union since 2016. He has played bass guitar in several alternative rock bands, e.g. Vennaskond Vennaskond ( Estonian for ''Broth ... (born 1969), rock musicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mait Malmsten
Mait Malmsten (born 6 September 1972 in Viljandi) is an Estonian actor. Malmsten comes from a family of actors. His father is actor Rein Malmsten. His paternal grandparents were actors Franz Malmsten and Eva Meil. His great-uncle was actor Hugo Malmsten and his great-aunt was actress Lydia Bock. In 1994 he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Since 1993 he is working as an actor in Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical appearances he is also played in numerous films and television series, e.g. '' Wikmani poisid''. He is married to actress Harriet Toompere and the couple have two sons, Franz and Hugo, who are also both television and film actors. Selected filmography *''Agent Wild Duck'' (Estonian: ''Agent Sinikael'') (2002) *''Lotte from Gadgetville'' (Estonian: ''Leiutajateküla Lotte'') (2006) *'' 186 Kilometres'' (Estonian: ''Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse'') (2007) *''December Heat'' (Estonian: ''Detsembrikuumus'') (2008) *''Lotte and the Moonston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mait Riisman
Mait Riisman (23 September 1956 – 17 May 2018) was an Estonian water polo player who was the part of the Soviet water polo team which won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was born in Tallinn. See also * Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Soviet Union men's national water polo team and the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics#Water polo, Unified Team men's national water polo team at the Summer Olymp ... * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) References External links * 1956 births 2018 deaths Olympic water polo players for the Soviet Union Water polo players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in water polo Sportspeople from Tallinn Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Soviet male water polo players E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mait Püümets
Mait Püümets (born Mait Johannes Püümann; 11 July 1882 Peningi Parish, Harju County – 23 January 1965 Tallinn) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of Estonian Constituent Assembly The Estonian Constituent Assembly ( et, Asutav Kogu) was elected on 5–7 April 1919, called by the Estonian Provisional Government during the Estonian War of Independence. Estonian Constituent Assembly elections Activity The 120 members of t .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Puumets, Mait 1882 births 1965 deaths Estonian diplomats Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party politicians Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence University of Tartu alumni People from Raasiku Parish Burials at Metsakalmistu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mait Patrail
Mait Patrail (born 11 April 1988) is an Estonian handball player for ThSV Eisenach ThSV Eisenach is a German handball club from Eisenach, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and h ... and the Estonian national team. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Patrail, Mait 1988 births Living people People from Põlva Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Estonian male handball players Handball-Bundesliga players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Expatriate handball players in Germany Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mait Metsanurk
Mait Metsanurk (born Eduard Hubel, 19 November 1879 – 21 August 1957) was an Estonian writer who led the neo-realist school of Estonian literature. Early years Mait Metsanurk was born as the youngest of eight children in a peasant family in Saare farmstead, Metsanuka (now Tartu Parish), in the Kreis Dorpat of the Governorate of Livonia. He attended elementary school in Orge and a Russian-speaking city school in Tartu. He worked in various positions, first as an office clerk, then as a schoolteacher and from 1906 as a journalist. He is buried at the Metsakalmistu cemetery in Tallinn. Career Mait Metsanurk reached his literary breakthrough in 1908 with his realistic portrayal of Estonian town and country life at the time. In particular, social contradictions and tensions were used in his work. He became one of the most prolific and popular writers and playwrights of his era. Together with A. H. Tammsaare (1878–1940), he is considered one of the most outstanding representa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nõmme Government
Nõmme (Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-class suburban area, mostly consisting of listed private homes from the 1920s and 1930s and is sometimes referred to as the "Forest Town." History Nõmme was founded by Nikolai von Glehn, the owner of Jälgimäe Manor, in 1873 as a summerhouse district. The development started around the railway station. In 1926 it was granted town rights, but in the beginning of the Soviet occupation in 1940, it was merged with Tallinn and remains as one of the eight districts of Tallinn to date. There are many historical sights in Nõmme, such as the Glehn's Castle, Kalevipoeg sculpture (also known as "Glehn's Devil"), the "Victoria Palace" cinema, and Nõmme Market. Other important sights include Vanaka hill, the ski jumping tower, Rahumäe cemeter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mait Mäekivi
Mait Mäekivi (born on 8 January 1959 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian cinematographer. 1982-1988 he studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. 1986-1991 he worked at Tallinnfilm. From 1991 he is a freelance cinematographer. In 2007 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, V class. Filmography * "Ringhoov" (1987) * "Äratus ''Äratus'' (English: ''Awakening'') is a 1989 Estonian historical drama film directed by Jüri Sillart. Plot The film chronicles the lives of Estonian villagers during "Operation Priboi"; the 25 to 28 March 1949 Soviet mass deportation of mor ..." (1989) * "Vanad ja kobedad saavad jalad alla" (2003) * "Vanameeste paradiis" (2005) * " Stiilipidu" (2005) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Maekivi, Mait Living people 1959 births Estonian cinematographers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class People from Kohtla-Järve ... [...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] |
Mait Lepik
Mait Lepik (born 23 September 1968 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. Besides theatre roles he has played also in several Estonian and Finnish films, television series and advertisements. Filmography * 1991: ''Rahu tänav'' (feature film) * 1991: ''Rist'' (feature film) * 2000: ''Me saame hakkama'' (television series) * 2006: ''Hundi agoonia'' (feature film) * 2011: '' Surnuaiavahi tütar'' (feature film) * 2017: ''Sangarid ''The Dissidents'' ( et, Sangarid) is a 2017 Estonian comedy-action film directed by Jaak Kilmi. The film is about three young men escaping from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s. Cast * Märt Pius - Ralf * Karl-Andreas Kalme ...'' (feature film) References Living people 1968 births Estonian male film actors Estonian male stage actors Estonian male television actors 20th-century Estonian male actors 21st-century Estonian male actors Male actors from Tallinn {{Estonia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mait Laas
Mait Laas (born 4 August 1970 in Tallinn) is an Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...n animated film director, producer, scenarist and artist. Filmography * 2008 " Aja meistrid" ('The Kings of the Time') * 2013 " Lisa Limone ja Maroc Orange: tormakas armulugu" ('Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story') * 2016 "Mees ja naine" References {{DEFAULTSORT:Laas, Mait Living people 1970 births Estonian animated film directors Estonian film producers Estonian illustrators People from Tallinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
