Andrus Rõuk (born 28 September 1957, in Tallinn) is an Estonian artist and poet. In 1981, in the 9th number of the literary journal ''

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'' his poem "Silmades taevas ja meri" ("In the eyes sky and sea") appeared. It is an

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: the first letters of the verses read "SINIMUSTVALGE" ("blue-black-white"), the colours of the national flag of Estonia (at a time when Estonia was occupied and the use of national flag was forbidden; the Soviet flag of Estonia was mostly red with some blue and white). For this he was excluded from the Estonian State Institute of Arts (currently Estonian Academy of Arts).

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. "Sinimustvalge sügis 1981". In: ''

'' 1998, 4, pp 617–625.

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