Artur Tupits (8 October 1892 Puurmani Parish (now

Põltsamaa Parish Põltsamaa ( et, Põltsamaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Jõgeva County. It has a population of 2722 (2001) and an area of 416.9 km² (161.0 mi²). Populated places Põltsamaa Parish has one town, 3 small boroughs, an ...

Kreis Dorpat Kreis Dorpat (''Tartu kreis'', ''Дерптский уезд'', 1893-1918 ''Юрьевский уезд'') was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the gover ...

– 28 October 1941 Ussolye prison camp,

Perm Oblast Until 1 December 2005, Perm Oblast (russian: Пе́рмская о́бласть) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

) was 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 politician. He was a member of

I Riigikogu I Riigikogu was the first legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1920 elections (held on 27–29 November 1920). It sat between 20 December 1920 and 30 May 1923, before the next round of elections w ...

. 1932–1933, 1938–1939 and 1939–1940 he was

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tupits, Artur 1892 births 1941 deaths People from Põltsamaa Parish People from Kreis Dorpat Estonian Lutherans Farmers' Assemblies politicians Patriotic League (Estonia) politicians Agriculture ministers of Estonia Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Members of the Riigikogu, 1923–1926 Members of the Riigikogu, 1926–1929 Members of the Riigikogu, 1929–1932 Members of the Riigikogu, 1932–1934 Members of the Estonian National Assembly Members of the Riigivolikogu Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People who died in the Gulag