Juhan Tõrvand (25 November 1883 Laatre Parish (now

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), Kreis Wolmar – 12 May 1942

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, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian military Major General and sports figure. In 1906 he graduated from

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and after that in General Staff Academy. He participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War in the White Army. In 1920 he returned to Estonia. Since 1925 he was Chief of Staff of

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. He was also active in Estonian sport life. From 1927 until 1935, he was the head of the

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Death

Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Tõrvand and his family were arrested during the June deportations on 14 June 1941. Tõrvand was convicted by a tribunal and placed within the gulag camp system. He died of pneumonia on 12 May 1942 in Vyatlag camp in

Awards

* 1933: Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class I.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torvand, Juhan 1883 births 1942 deaths People from Mulgi Parish People from Kreis Wolmar Imperial Russian Army personnel Russian military personnel of World War I White movement people 20th-century Estonian military personnel Estonian people in sports Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class I People who died in the Gulag Estonian people who died in Soviet detention