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    Johan Pitka, VR I/1, KCMG (also Juhan Pitka; 19 February 1872 – 22 November 1944) was an Estonian entrepreneur, sea captain and a rear admiral (1919)...
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  • Rytkönen pitkä, 1991 Finnish novel by Arto Paasilinna EML Admiral Pitka (A230), Beskytteren-class ocean patrol vessel of the Estonian Navy Johan Pitka (1872–1944)...
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    restrictions). It is named after the Estonian War of Independence hero Johan Pitka, and is now held in different locations throughout Estonia each year...
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  • Swedish writer Johan Pitka (1872–1944), Estonian military commander Johan of Plön (died 1359), lord of Denmark east of the Great Belt Johan Oscar Smith (1871–1943...
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    belonging to the Mineships Division. She was named after Estonian Admiral Johan Pitka. As HDMS Beskytteren (F340) the ship, an improved version of the Hvidbjørnen-class...
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    other navies.[citation needed] From May 2005 to March 2006, EML Admiral Pitka was assigned as the Command and Support Ship of NATO's Standing NRF Mine...
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    Estonia in the summer of 1941, the idea of a union re-emerged. Admiral Johan Pitka presented a proposal for a state union to the President of Finland, Risto...
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    Johan Laidoner (12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1884 – 13 March 1953) was an Estonian general and statesman. He served as Commander‑in‑Chief of the Estonian...
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    however, failed to keep control, as Estonian military units led by Johan Pitka clashed with both Germans and Soviets. On September 22 the Soviets took...
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    armored trains were built in Tallinn under the command of sea captain Johan Pitka and Captain Karl Parts. By the beginning of 1919, the Estonian Army had...
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  • Regiment 200 and a military unit organised by Johan Pitka, the Germans overran the headquarters of Admiral Pitka in Tallinn and it is presumed he was subsequently...
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  • writer and officer in the Russian czarist army. His younger brother was Johan Pitka, a rear admiral and hero of the Estonian War of Independence. Jalgsemaa...
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  • national capital and the government included a command led by Rear Admiral Johan Pitka, one of the former battalions of the Finnish Infantry Regiment 200 and...
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  • Assembly. He was a member of the assembly since 29 May 1919. He replaced Johan Pitka. "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 26 February...
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  • movement. Its ideological predecessor Valve Liit was founded by Admiral Johan Pitka and later banned for maligning the government. The organization became...
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    trains during the Independence War, gave a speech about Rear Admiral Johan Pitka, who is often called "the father of the armored trains". Parts ended...
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  • Sadakichi Hartmann, Japanese-born American critic and poet (b. 1867) Johan Pitka, Estonian entrepreneur, sea captain and admiral (b. 1872) November 25...
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    front-line units, especially the crews of armored trains. Johan Laidoner, P. Kann and Johan Pitka went to the Beljajeva school to recruit young people to...
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  • Finnish volunteers. The naval Taskforce was under the command of Admiral Johan Pitka, he was supported by the Swedish naval officer Martin Ekström and by...
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    army saw only little resistance by Estonian units led by Rear Admiral Johan Pitka. The Red Army entered Tallinn on 22 September and Paldiski on 24 September...
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  • Hannah Mitchell, English socialist, suffragette (d. 1956) February 19 – Johan Pitka, Estonian entrepreneur, sea captain, and admiral (d. 1944) February 27...
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    uniform headgear, and used the Roman salute. Moderate members such as Johan Pitka gradually left the organisation. The organisation issued its own newspaper...
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  • Estonian soldier killed in action in Iraq Karl Parts (1886–1941), officer Johan Pitka (1872–1944?), admiral, politician Ernst Põdder (1879–1932), general Viktor...
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  • France Philippe Pétain France GCMG tbd Military (Marshal of France) Johan Pitka Estonia KCMG 1920 Military (Rear Admiral) Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian...
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  • forces, the Estonian military units under the command of Rear Admiral Johan Pitka continued to resist the Red Army. The Estonian troops were defeated by...
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  • Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author (d. 1923) 1872 – Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral (d. 1944) 1876 – Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French...
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  • Norwegian). Oslo: Hjemmets bokforlag. pp. 166, 172. EESTI ELU Estonian Life. Pitka monument contains time capsule. Archived Articles 21 Aug 2009. EL (Estonian...
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    Commanders and leaders Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair Walter Cowan Augustus Agar Johan Pitka Nikolai Kuzmin Fyodor Raskolnikov  (POW) Sergey Zarubayev Alexander Zelenoy...
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    Parish Rapla County 1620 Belonged to by Estonian military commander Johan Pitka in the 1920s. Loona Manor Kadvel/Klausholm Saaremaa Parish Saare County...
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  • writer Paul Pinna (1884–1949) actor, stage director and theatre pedagogue Johan Pitka (1872–1944?) military officer during the Estonian War of Independence...
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