Uusküla is a village in
Rapla Parish
Rapla Parish ( et, Rapla vald) is an Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It has a population of 13,193 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of 859 km2.
Settlements
;Town:
Rapla
;Small boroughs:
Alu - Hagudi - Kaiu - Kuusiku
;Vill ...
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Rapla County
Rapla County ( et, Rapla maakond or ''Raplamaa'') is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in the western part of the country and borders Järva County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, Lääne County to the west, and Har ...
in northwestern
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 ...
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The Rapla cemetery is located in Uusküla.
Politician, lawyer and military commander
Otto Tief
Otto Tief ( – 5 March 1976) was an Estonian politician, military commander (during the Estonian War of Independence), and a lawyer.
Tief was the acting prime minister of the last government of Estonia (1889–1976) was born in Uusküla.
Gallery
File:Rapla kalmistu.JPG, Rapla cemetery
File:Rapla kalmistu kabel.jpg, Chapel in the cemetery
File:Rapla. II maailmasõjas hukkunute matmispaik.JPG, Grave of World War II victims
References
Villages in Rapla County
Kreis Harrien
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