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Vambola Poljakov
Vambola is an Estonian masculine given name. The name is derived from the title character of Estonian author Andres Saal's 1889 short story ''Vambola''; part of a trilogy, along with ''Aita'' (1891) and ''Leili'' (1892–1893), which deal with the ancient struggle for freedom of the Estonians and Livonians between the 12th and 13th-centuries. The name was possibly derived by Saal from the Varbola Stronghold; a 10th through 12th-century circular rampart fortress and trading centre built in present-day Rapla County, or modeled on the name Wamba, the chief of forces, in Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's 1885 poem ''Lembitu''. Recorded usages of the name among the populace can be found in Tartu church registers as early as 1905. As of 1 January 2021, Vambola was the 350th most popular male name in Estonia. People with the given name Vambola range in age from 85 plus years at the eldest, to ten to fourteen at the youngest, with the median age of 66. The name is most commonly fou ... [...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] |
Põlva County
Põlva County ( et, Põlva maakond or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 28,507 people live in Põlva County – constituting 2.3% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2013). Government The County Government (Estonian: ''Maavalitsus'') is led by the Governor (Estonian: ''maavanem''), who is appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Since 2007, the Governor position is held by Priit Sibul. Municipalities The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 3 rural municipalities ( et, vallad – parishes) in Põlva County. Demographics 27,028 people live in Põlva County – constituting 2.1% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2013). Gallery Ahja tiik 2.jpg, Ahja Pikajärve mõisa aitkuivati *.jpg, Pikajärve manor granary Aalupi järv 2013 08.jpg, Lake Aalupi Pikajärve mõisa peahoone2.jpg, Pikajä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vambola Põder
Vambola Põder (born 6 August 1929 in Tartu – 12 March 1993 Tallinn) is an Estonian journalist and politician. He was a member of VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ''kogu'', assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Pa .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Poder, Vambola 1929 births 1993 deaths Estonian journalists Estonian Royalist Party politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1992–1995 Hugo Treffner Gymnasium alumni University of Tartu alumni Politicians from Tartu Burials at Pärnamäe Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vambola Maavara
Vambola Maavara (10 February 1928 Tsooru Parish – 14 May 1999 Tartu) was an Estonian entomologist and travelog writer. In 1951 he graduated from Tartu State University in biology. From 1947 to 1991 he worked at the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany. From 1992 to 1998 he worked at Estonian University of Life Sciences' Plant Protection Institute. His main fields of research were ecology and ethology of social insects Eusociality (from Greek εὖ ''eu'' "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping genera ..., forest entomology, myrmecology, sociobiology. He was one of the most prominent ant researcher in Estonia. He discovered about 20 new ant species. Works * Noore entomoloogi käsiraamat (1956, with author's illustrations) * Metsakaitse (1961, one of the authors and illustrator) * Taimekaitse aktuaalsed küs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vambola Kurg
Vambola Kurg (27 August 1898 in Tartu – 22 September 1981 in Tartu) was an Estonian actor. In 1915 he graduated from Tartu City School. From 1918 until 1959, he worked at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu. Besides theatre roles he played also in several films. Kurg died, aged 83, and was buried at Rõngu Rõngu is a small borough (') in Elva Parish, Tartu County, southern Estonia. Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, it was the administrative centre of Rõngu Parish. Sights Rõngu castle ruins The present- ... Cemetery. Filmography * 1927: '' Noored kotkad'' (feature film; role: Unt, commandant of 1st Estonian force ( et, I Eesti väeülem Unt)) * 1930: ''Vahva sõdur Joosep Toots'' (feature film) * 1931: ''Kas tunned maad ...'' (documentary film; role: officer) References 1898 births 1981 deaths Estonian male stage actors Estonian male silent film actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male radio actors Male actors fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vambola Krigul
Vambola Krigul (born 12 April 1981 in Tallinn) is an Estonian percussionist, chamber musician and singer. Krigul studied flute, percussion instruments, clarinet and saxophone at the Nõmme Music School. After graduating from the Tallinn Music High School in 1999 he continued in percussion classes Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, where he graduated from in 2004 with a bachelor's degree and in 2006 in master's degree. In 2000, he reached to the final in Eurovision Young Musicians. The same year, he founded the percussion ensemble PaukenfEST. He is a member of chamber choir Voces Musicales, and he is a bass singer of sacral music ensemble Heinavanker. Krigul has performed with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra since 2000, as well as the Symphony Orchestra of Estonian National Opera since 2002. From 2002 until 2006 he was a teacher at the Nõmme Music School, and has conducted master classes in Põltsamaa and Võru summer courses for young wind instrument and percus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vambola Helm
Vambola Helm (2 May 1934 Rakvere – 29 February 2020 Tallinn) was an Estonian motorcycle racer and coach. 1958-1973 he become 15-times Estonian champion in different motorsport disciplines. In 1971 he was named to Estonian Athlete of the Year The Estonian Athlete of the Year ( et, Eesti Aasta Sportlane) is an annual award presented by the Estonian Olympic Committee (''Eesti Olümpiakomitee'', EOK) to one male and one female sportsperson judged to have delivered the best performance o .... Students: Rene Aas, Meelis Helm and Vahur Helm. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Helm, Vambola 1934 births 2020 deaths Estonian motorcycle racers Estonian sports coaches Sportspeople from Rakvere 20th-century Estonian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipus. From the 13th century until the end of the 19th century, Tartu was known in most of the world by variants of its historical name Dorpat. Tartu, the largest urban centre of southern Estonia, is often considered the "intellectual capital city" of the country, especially as it is home to the nation's oldest and most renowned university, the University of Tartu (founded in 1632). Tartu also houses the Supreme Court of Estonia, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Estonian National Museum, and the oldest Estonian-language theatre, Vanemuine. It is also the birthplace of the Estonian Song Festivals. Tar ... [...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] |
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald ( – ) was an Estonian writer who is considered to be the father of the national literature for the country. He is the author of Estonian national epic ''Kalevipoeg''. Life Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's parents were serfs at the Jömper estate, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (in present-day Jõepere, Lääne-Viru County). His father Juhan worked as a shoemaker and granary keeper and his mother Anne was a chambermaid. After liberation from serfdom in 1815, the family was able to send their son to school at the Wesenberg (present-day Rakvere) district school. In 1820, he graduated from secondary school in Dorpat (present-day Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia) and worked as an elementary school teacher. In 1833, Kreutzwald graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the Imperial University of Dorpat. Kreutzwald married Marie Elisabeth Saedler on 18 August the same year. From 1833 to 1877, he worked as the municipal physician in Werro (prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
