Leo Sepp (7 November 1892 in

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– 13 December 1941 in

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) was an

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n financial figure, writer and politician. From 1924 until 1927 he was

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. From 1921 until 1924, he was the director and chairman of the

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. From 1933 until 1938 he was the director of Baltic Cotton Factory. In 1937, using the pen name Rein Sarvesaare, Sepp wrote the play ''Kaupo'', published by Estonian Academic Artists' Association (EAKK). Following the

Soviet occupation of Estonia The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an ethnically based adminis ...

in 1940, Sepp was arrested by the

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and placed within the

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camp system. He died in custody in

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 ...

in 1941.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sepp, Leo 1892 births 1941 deaths Finance ministers of Estonia Estonian bankers Chairmen of the Bank of Estonia Estonian male writers Estonian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Estonian writers Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 1st Class Riga Technical University alumni People from Väike-Maarja Parish Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People who died in the Gulag