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Johannes Semper ( – 21 February 1970) was an
Estonia
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n poet, writer, translator and politician.
He was born in
Pahuvere (now
Viljandi Parish
Viljandi Parish ( et, Viljandi vald) is a rural municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it.
Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu, Pärsti, Saa ...
),
Kreis Fellin
Kreis Fellin (''Viljandi kreis'', ''Феллинский уезд'') was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate (in present-day southern Estonia). I ...
, in the
Governorate of Livonia
The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate, was a Baltic governorate of the Russian Empire, now divided between Latvia and Estonia.
Geography
The shape of the province is a fairly rectangular in shape, with a maximum ...
. A student and later a prominent scholar at the
University of Tartu
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 ...
, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of
Estonia
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when the country was occupied by the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
in 1940.
He wrote the lyrics of the
Anthem of Estonian SSR
The anthem of the Estonian SSR; russian: Гимн Эстонской ССР was the Soviet regional anthem of the Estonian SSR between 1945 and 1990 when Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union (USSR).
Background
The anthem was presented to t ...
.
Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK
Retrieved 14 June 2016.
He died 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 ' ...
.
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1892 births
1970 deaths
People from Viljandi Parish
People from Kreis Fellin
Estonian Socialist Revolutionary Party politicians
Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party politicians
Communist Party of Estonia politicians
Education ministers of Estonia
People's commissars and ministers of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly
Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1940–1947
Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1947–1951
Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1963–1967
Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1967–1971
Looming (magazine) editors
Estonian male poets
Estonian translators
Estonian magazine editors
20th-century translators
20th-century Estonian poets
University of Tartu alumni
People's Writers of the Estonian SSR
Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
Burials at Metsakalmistu
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