Viktor Meister (18 October 1925 (

Pirgu Pirgu is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia. Between 1991–2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was located in Juuru Parish. Pirgu manor Pirgu (german: Pirk) estate was forme ...

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 ...

) – 4 August 2018), was an Estonian agronomist and economist. He studied at Juuru primary school in

Härgla Härgla (also known as Härgküla) is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. It has an area of 12.35 km² and a population of 68 (as of 1 February 2010). Between 1991–2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipa ...

, and graduated from Vana-Vigala School of Agriculture in 1946, in 1947 in the Ancient Victory Technical Culture Technicum, and in 1966 as an agronomist of the

Estonian University of Life Sciences The Estonian University of Life Sciences ( Estonian: ''Eesti Maaülikool'', EMÜ) located in Tartu, Estonia, is the former Estonian Agricultural University, which was established in 1951 and renamed and restructured in November 2005. Eesti Maa� ...

. He worked as an agronomist of the Habaja Sovkhoz (state farm) in 1948–1951, as Director of the Põdra sovkhoz between in 1951 and 1961, Director of Adavere Näidissovhoosi 1961–1980, V.I. Lenin's name Director of the Adavere Näidissovhoos 1980–1986 and Economist 1986–1990. From 1962–1966 he was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Member of the Central Committee of the ECB and member of the Committee on Budgets of the Supreme Soviet of the

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

. During the

Singing revolution The Singing Revolution; lv, dziesmotā revolūcija; lt, dainuojanti revoliucija) was a series of events that led to the restoration of independence of the Baltic states, Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union a ...

, he was the leader of the Popular Front in the Jõgeva County.

Awards

*1966:

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

*1972: Agronomist of the Estonian SSR *1975:

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

*2002:

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

Teenetemärkide üleandmine 2002: Arnold Rüütel ja Viktor Meister

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meister, Viktor 1925 births 2018 deaths People from Rapla Parish 20th-century Estonian economists Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Estonian University of Life Sciences alumni Sixth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union