- Ülo Jõgi
Ülo Jõgi (
March 12 1921 -May 14 2007 ) was an Estonian war historian, nationalist and active in the Estonian resistance against the Soviet occupation ofEstonia .On
December 11 1944 , Jõgi (veteran ofErna long-range recce group , organized byFinnish Army together with Germany) was arrested by the Soviet authorities, accused of spying forFinland . Months later, he was sent to aGulag labor camp in the Komi-Zyryan ASSR, to the west of theUral mountains in the north-east of theEast European Plain . He was exiled from theEstonian SSR for life, but was eventually released in 1970 and returned back toTallinn ,Estonia , a year later. During his exile, he marriedAili Jõgi , a fellow Estonian who had been exiled in 1946 for having blown up the preceding monument to the SovietBronze Soldier in Tallinn.In February 1997, Jõgi was awarded the Estonian
Order of the Cross of the Eagle for his fight againstcommunism ("Freedom fighter of military merit") by the Estonian PresidentLennart Meri .References
* [http://www.postimees.ee/150507/esileht/siseuudised/260788.php Suri Erna salga liige Ülo Jõgi] Postimees, May 15, 2007. et icon
* [http://vp1992-2001.vpk.ee/eng/ametitegevus/Kotkarist.asp Decorations of the Republic of Estonia : Awarded in 1995 - 1998]
* [http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/386547 Erna salga liige Ülo Jõgi saadeti viimsele teekonnale] et icon
* [http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/386519 Aaviksoo: oma vabaduse võlgneme inimestele nagu Ülo Jõgi] et icon
* [http://www.maaleht.ee/print.php?page=&grupp=artikkel&artikkel=9582 Mart Laar: Ülo Jõgi: Erna võitles Eesti eest!, August 23, 2007 Maaleht]Persondata
NAME=Jõgi, Ülo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Jögi, Ülo; Jogi (alternate citations)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Estonian freedom fighter of military merit, War historian
DATE OF BIRTH=March 21 ,1921
PLACE OF BIRTH=Tallinn ,Estonia
DATE OF DEATH=May 14 ,2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Tallinn ,Estonia
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