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Jaan Poska

Jaan Poska VR III/1 (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈjɑːn ˈposkɑ]; 24 January [O.S. 12 January] 1866, Laiusevälja, Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia – 7 March 1920, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian barrister and politician.

Jaan Poska

Position established

Ants Piip

Voldemar Lender

Gavriil Beljagin

(1866-01-24)24 January 1866
Laiusevälja, Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia

7 March 1920(1920-03-07) (aged 54)
Tallinn, Estonia

University of Tartu

Personal life[edit]

Jaan Poska's daughter Vera Poska-Grünthal was a leading Estonian feminist and lawyer who was married to politician and lawyer Timotheus Grünthal. American lawyer Sharon L. Gleason is Jaan Poska's great granddaughter.[3]

Estonian War of Independence

Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)

Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)

et al. 2000. Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, ISBN 9985-70-064-3

Ülo Kaevats

Media related to Jaan Poska at Wikimedia Commons

Tartu rahu sepistaja Jaan Poska väärib monumenti (Estonian)

Livland. Estland. Kurland. Œsel.

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