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Konstantin Päts
Konstantin Päts was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades prior to World War II he also served five times as the country's State Elder. After the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, Päts remained formally in office for…
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Born 23 February 1874 · Died 18 January 1956 · Q299114
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2026· 1 entry
2017· 1 entry
A memorial to Päts was planned for the park on the south side of the Toompea Castle, but the country's president at the time, Kersti Kaljulaid, criticised the decision, saying:While it is true that everyone's actions mus
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2011· 1 entry
A commemorative cross was placed in Burashevo, where Päts was once buried
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1991· 1 entry
In the Tallinn Botanical Gardens, where Päts's farmstead remains
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1988· 1 entry
Estonians Henn Latt and Valdur Timusk decided to search for Konstantin Päts's remains in Russia
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1956· 1 entry
Died 1956-01-18.
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1954· 1 entry
And Päts was sent to a psychoneurology hospital in Jämejala, Estonia
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1950· 1 entry
And sentenced to 10 years in prison in Kazakh SSR and returned in 1955
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1945· 1 entry
Presidential duties went to the oldest member of Tief's cabinet, August Rei, who formed the Estonian Government in Exile in 1953
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1940· 1 entry
“the greatest thing we have accomplished is the creation of the Estonian state. To her we have given our strongest love, our loyalty, our work, and our life.”
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1939· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Narva (1939).
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1938· 8 entries
Awarded Order of the White Star, Collar Class (1938).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the National Coat of Arms (1938).
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Became honorary member of the Estonian Naturalists' Society and the Estonian Institute of Natural Resources
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A general amnesty was granted for those political prisoners of the Vaps Movement and the Communist Party, who had not directly killed anyone
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With the adoption of the new constitution, or in 1940 with the Soviet occupation
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After which Päts was elected the first President of Estonia
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Career landmark: President of Estonia (1938–1940).
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Päts created a labor camp in Harku for homeless people and other "asocials"
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1937· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1937).
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Career landmark: President-Regent (1937–1938).
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa (1936).
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1935· 1 entry
Although all but one of the justices voted against it
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1934· 2 entries
“blinded by the propaganda of the Vaps Movement and ill-minded because of it, and the power could therefore not be in the hands of the people”
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Career landmark: Prime Minister in duties of the State Elder (1934–1937).
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1933· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (1933).
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Päts also made a state visit to Latvia and the treaty of Baltic Entente between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was signed in 1934
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Career landmark: State Elder (1933–1934).
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Was made honorary chairman of the party
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1932· 2 entries
Elections the newly formed Union of Settlers and Smallholders won 42 seats in Riigikogu and one of the party's leaders, Karl August Einbund, became the State Elder
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Career landmark: State Elder (1932–1933).
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1931· 1 entry
Career landmark: State Elder (1931–1932).
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1929· 2 entries
Elections, Farmers' Assemblies took 24 seats and Päts served his third term as State Elder from 12 February 1931 to 19 February 1932
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The party was in opposition to August Rei's leftist government and Päts, among others, demanded changes in the constitution, a smaller parliament, a separate presidential office and fight against corruption
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1928· 2 entries
And Päts was hired by it as a legal consultant in 1930
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Tallinn Technical University and Andhra University (in India) in 1938, along with honorary membership of the Learned Estonian Society in 1938 and the Estonian Academy of Sciences in 1939
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1927· 1 entry
Päts criticized members of the Riigikogu, saying that they had been causing the instability of government coalitions, rather than ideological differences
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1926· 1 entry
Elections, Farmers' Assemblies took again 23 seats and Jaan Teemant continued as State Elder
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1924· 1 entry
And led Päts to distance himself from public politics for seven years
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1923· 2 entries
Career landmark: State Elder (1923–1924).
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Elections, Farmers' Assemblies took 23 seats
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1922· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1922).
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Career landmark: President of the Riigikogu (1922–1923).
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During his first term as State Elder, he made the first Estonian official state visit, to Finland
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1921· 1 entry
Career landmark: State Elder (1921–1922).
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1920· 1 entry
Elections, the party won 21 seats in the 100-member Riigikogu and from 25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922, Konstantin Päts was the State Elder and led the first constitutional government cabinet
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1919· 4 entries
Career landmark: member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly (1919–1920).
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“We have to secure our economy so we could become less dependent on our allies. In order to avoid bankruptcy, our new state needs a solid foundation of agriculture.”
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Päts rented, organized, and later bought a farmstead on the land detached from Väo Manor, just outside Tallinn
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In 1919, Päts rented, organized, and later bought a farmstead on the land detached from Väo Manor, just outside Tallinn.
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1918· 5 entries
Päts made an informal proposal for an Estonian-Finnish personal union
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Career landmark: Minister of the Interior (1918–1918).
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But the idea did not gain support from strong left-wing parties at the time
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Päts refused to compromise with the Soviet communists, but in 1940, he "handed over" Estonia to the same Soviet communists without many objections — this controversy has led to theories, that Päts was either a Soviet age
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Estonia (1918–1919).
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1917· 2 entries
Päts headed the provincial government of the newly formed Autonomous Governorate of Estonia, which was forced to go underground after the Bolshevik coup in November 1917
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When German forces were advancing on Estonia, Päts was able to avoid the mobilization
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1910· 2 entries
His wife died of lung disease in 1910 while he was imprisoned in Saint Petersburg, and Päts never remarried.
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While he was imprisoned in Saint Petersburg, and Päts never remarried
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1908· 1 entry
Päts moved to Ollila, which was located at the Russian border near Saint Petersburg
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1906· 1 entry
Moved to Helsinki, Finland, where he continued his literary and journalist career
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1905· 1 entry
And pleaded for the government not to let him return
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1901· 2 entries
Konstantin Päts married Wilhelma ("Helma") Ida Emilie Peedi (b
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In 1901, Konstantin Päts married Wilhelma ("Helma") Ida Emilie Peedi (b. 1878), whom he had met in Pärnu High School.
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1882· 1 entry
As Päts' father was unable to find a job in Tahkuranna, the family moved to a rental apartment in Pärnu in 1882.
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1874· 1 entry
Born 1874-02-23.
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1873· 1 entry
Was forced to move to Tahkuranna near Pärnu
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1871· 1 entry
Päts had an elder brother, Nikolai (1871–1940), three younger brothers – Paul (1876–1881), Voldemar (1878–1958), and Peeter (1880–1942) – and a younger sister, Marianne (1888–1947).
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1865· 1 entry
Petitioned to Emperor Alexander II of Russia to remove the (what they considered oppressive) aristocratic privileges of Baltic German landowners
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1847· 1 entry
Konstantin's mother, Olga Päts (née Tumanova; 1847–1914), was an orphan.
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1842· 1 entry
His father, Jakob (Jaagup) Päts (1842–1909), was a housebuilder from Heimtali, near Viljandi.
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