Hillar Palamets (13 July 1927 – 20 May 2022) was an Estonian historian and radio presenter.

Biography

Palamets was born in

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 ' ...

on 13 July 1927. In 1951, he graduated from

Tartu State University The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

, specialising in

Soviet Union history The history of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and "Soviet Union" often are synonymous in everyday speech (either acknowledging the dominance ...

. From 1961 to 1996 he taught at Tartu University. He was the author and host of the radio program '' Ajalootund''. The program lasted 18 years (ending in 2012) and had 888 individual broadcasts. Palamets died on 20 May 2022, aged 94.

Awards

*1974:

Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR ( et, Eesti NSV teeneline õpetaja) was an honorary title in the Estonian SSR, which the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Estonian SSR awarded to teachers from 1945 to 1989. Recipients *1945: Johannes ...

Works

* 1977: Alma mater Tartuensis * 1982: Tartu ülikooli ajalugu. III (one of the authors) * 1982: Alma mater Tartuensis (one of the authors)

References

1927 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Estonian historians Academic staff of the University of Tartu Estonian radio people People from Tallinn Writers from Tallinn {{Radio-bio-stub