Ülo Jõgi (12 March 1921, in

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– 14 May 2007, in Tallinn) was an

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war historian who was active in the Estonian resistance against the

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occupation of

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. On 11 December 1944, Jõgi (former member of

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, organized by

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together with

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) was arrested by the Soviet authorities, accused of spying for

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. Months later, he was sent to a

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labor camp in the

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, to the west of the

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in the north-east of the

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. He was exiled from the

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for life, but was eventually released in 1970. He returned to

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, a year later. During his exile, he married Aili Jõgi, a fellow Estonian who had been deported in 1946 for having blown up the preceding monument to the Soviet

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in Tallinn. In February 1998 , Jõgi was awarded the Estonian

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for his fight against Soviet occupation ("Freedom fighter of military merit") by the Estonian President

Lennart Meri Lennart Georg Meri (; 29 March 1929 – 14 March 2006) was an Estonian writer, film director, and statesman. He was the country's foreign minister from 1990 to 1992 and President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Early life Meri was born in Tallin ...

References

Suri Erna salga liige Ülo Jõgi
Postimees, 15 May 2007.
Decorations of the Republic of Estonia : Awarded in 1995 - 1998

Erna salga liige Ülo Jõgi saadeti viimsele teekonnale

Aaviksoo: oma vabaduse võlgneme inimestele nagu Ülo Jõgi

Mart Laar: Ülo Jõgi: Erna võitles Eesti eest!, 23 August 2007 Maaleht
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jogi, Aili 1921 births 2007 deaths Writers from Tallinn Estonian non-fiction writers 20th-century Estonian writers Tallinn University of Technology alumni Soviet people accused of spying for the West Estonian Gulag detainees Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class III Estonian spies Estonian volunteers in the Continuation War