Monument to Jaan Tõnisson

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The monument to the legendary Estonian statesman and journalist Jaan Tonisson was established in 1999. Its authors are Mati Karmin and Tiit Trummal. Jaan Tonisson was a legendary statesman and journalist who was prime minister from 1919 to 1920, the head of state from 1927 to 1928 and in 1933, the owner of the Postimees newspaper from 1896 to 1930 and the editor-in-chief of the Postimees from 1896 to 1935. Tonisson was made an honorary citizen of Tartu in 1939.

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For liberty and Estonia
7/6/2020

The father of Estonian liberalism. Yes, a nationalist too, but a liberal nationalist: democracy, the...

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Monument to the leader of the national estonian movement
10/27/2019

The monument has attracted my attention by it’s singularity. Who is this? An academician? A writer? ...

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