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Estonian
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x2022; adj. of or relating to Estonia or its people or their language. • n. 1. a native or national of Estonia, or a person of Estonian descent. 2. the Finno-Ugric language of Estonia, closely related to Finnish.
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Estonia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...they could finally acquire land, Estonians in increasing numbers became independent...farmers. Migration also increased the Estonian population in the cities during this...relative homogeneity (88 per cent were Estonians) led to an atmosphere of toleration...
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Järvi, Neeme
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...rvi, Neeme ( b Tallin, Estonia, 1937). Estonian-born conductor (Amer. cit. 1983). Won St...xE9;but at Kirov Th. ( Carmen ). Mus. dir. Estonian State SO. Dir., Estonian Opera 1964–77. NY Met dé...
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Baer Karl Ernst von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...d . Dorpat, Estonia [now Tartu, Estonian S.S.R.], 28 November 1876...father, Magnus Johann von Baer, was an Estonian landholder whose estate, Piep, was...Landrat ) and as an official of the Estonian knighthood, in which the family had...
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Pärt, Arvo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Pärt, Arvo ( b Paide, 1935). Estonian composer. Worked for Estonian radio 1958–67. Emigrated in 1980, settling in (West) Berlin 1982. Early works influenced by Shostakovich, but later adopted strict serialism and...
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Tubin, Eduard
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...Tubin, Eduard ( b Kallaste, 1905; d Stockholm, 1982). Estonian-born composer and conductor (Swed. cit. 1961). Cond...vn., pf. (1971); fl. sonata (1979); Quartet on Estonian Motifs , str. qt. (1979).PIANO: 10 Preludes (1928...
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Eller, Heino
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Eller, Heino ( b Yur'yev (now Tartu), 1887; d Tallinn, 1970). Estonian composer. Taught theory and comp. at Tartu mus. sch. 1920–40, prof. of comp. Tallinn Univ. 1940–...
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Russian Civil War
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...5. The attack was complemented in the west by attacks from nationalities hitherto under Russian control, i.e. Finns, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and Poles. Ultimately, Trotsky's Red Army was unable to overcome this fifth element, so that...
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Abich, Otto Hermann Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Shortly thereafter Abich was invited to become extraordinary professor of mineralogy at the university of Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonian S.S.R.), and in 1843 he moved to Russia. As an outstanding expert on volcanic phenomena, he was immediately sent to...
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Bohl, Piers
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...der Invarianten der linearen Differentialgleichungen (Dorpat, 1886), which manuscript is in the Historical Archive of the Estonian S. S. R., Tartu: and Ü ber die Darstellung von Funktionen einer Variablen durch trigonometrische Reihen mit mehreren...
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