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Toomas Sulling
Toomas Sulling (born 15 February 1940, in Tallinn) is an Estonian cardiovascular surgeon specializing in coronary artery bypass grafting. He is considered as the pioneer of coronary artery bypass surgery in Estonia. In 1964 he graduated from the University of Tartu. From 1979 to 1987 he was the head of cardiology and coronary surgery department of General and Molecular Pathology Institute. From 1987 to 1995 he was the director of the Estonian Heart Centre ( et, Eesti Südamekeskus). In 1995, he became the head of the Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery at Mustamäe Hospital (now North Estonia Medical Centre). In 1999, he was voted one of the 100 greatest Estonians of the 20th century. In 2001, president Lennart Meri awarded him the Order of the Estonian Red Cross The Order of the Estonian Red Cross ( et, Eesti Punase Risti teenetemärk; french: Ordre de la Croix-Rouge Estonienne) was instituted in 1920 by the Estonian Red Cross Society. The Order of the Estonian Red Cross is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Toomas is an Estonian masculine given name, a cognate of Thomas. People named Toomas include: *Toomas Alatalu (born 1942), historian, educator, political commentator and politician *Toomas Altnurme (born 1973), painter *Toomas Annus (born 1960), entrepreneur * Toomas Frey (born 1937), ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist * Toomas Heikkinen (born 1991), Finnish rallycross driver *Toomas Helin (born 1966), drug smuggler * Toomas Hussar (born 1962), actor, film and theatre director and dramaturge * Toomas Hendrik Ilves (born 1953), politician, President of Estonia * Toomas Jürgenstein (born 1964), educator and politician *Toomas Kall (born 1947), humorist, caricaturist, writer, screenwriter and translator * Toomas Kallaste (born 1971), football player *Toomas Kandimaa (born 1975), basketball player and coach *Toomas Kivimägi (born 1963), politician and lawyer *Toomas Kivisild (born 1969), geneticist *Toomas Kork (born 1945), social activist, businessman and politician *Tooma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
