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Estonian historian Mart Laar, deducting the losses in the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive, Battle for Narva Bridgehead and the combat in Finland estimates the number of Soviet casualties in the Battle of Tannenberg Line as 35, 000 dead or missing and 135, 000 wounded or sick.
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Estonian and historian
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Mart Laar ( born April 22, 1960 ) is an Estonian statesman, historian and a founding member of the Unitas Foundation.
As a professional historian Laar has written many books on Estonian and Soviet history, among them his book War in the Woods: Estonia's Struggle for Survival, 1944 – 1956 a work about the Forest Brothers anti-Soviet resistance movement.
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Estonian and Mart
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Notable persons buried at the Suure-Jaani cemetery include the composers Artur Kapp, Villem Kapp and Mart Saar, and the painter Johann Köler, as well as Ado Johanson, the first Estonian professional agronomist.
Kallas was untainted by association with Mart Laar's government, but was widely seen as a proficient central bank governor, having overseen the successful introduction of the Estonian kroon.
In 2006 the Reason Foundation sponsored a " Reason in Amsterdam " event with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, former Estonian prime minister Mart Laar, and journalist Andrew Sullivan.
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The winner, five-party electoral cartel Fatherland led by Mart Laar, formed the cabinet together with national-conservative Estonian National Independence Party and centrist alliance Moderates.
Estonian and Laar
After resignation of Laar, Reform Party and Estonian Centre Party formed a coalition that lasted until next parliamentary election, 2003.
Laar worked as a history teacher in Tallinn, and was the past presidents of Council of Historians of the Foundation of the Estonia Inheritance, the Society for the Preservation of Estonia History and the Estonian Students ' Society.
In 1994, the Estonian Newspaper Association declared Laar the Year's Press Friend.
After resignation of Laar, Reform Party and Estonian Centre Party formed a coalition that lasted until next parliamentary election, 2003.
Estonian and losses
Estonian losses in the battle amounted to 1, 600 men.
Estonian and Leningrad-Novgorod
* February – July – Battle of Narva – Soviet Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive brought to a halt by German forces including Estonian conscript formations
Estonian and Offensive
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The Estonian division played a significant role in the Battle of Narva and the Battle of Emajõgi, holding back the Soviet re-occupation of Estonia until the Soviet Tallinn Offensive, September 1944 while suffering heavy casualties.
The campaign eventually led to the Estonian Pskov Offensive, the White Russian Petrograd Offensives, and the Polish-Soviet War.
The Pskov Offensive of the Estonian Petseri Battle Group destroyed the Estonian Red Army, captured Pskov, and expelled the Soviet forces from the territory between Estonia and the Velikaya River on 25 May.
With the arms provided by Britain and France, and the operational support by the Estonian Army, Estonian Navy, and Royal Navy, the White Russian Northwestern Army began the Offensive Operation " White Sword " on 28 September 1919 with the aim of capturing Petrograd.
Estonian and Battle
* 1220 – Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
* 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German – Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia, from invading Soviet troops.
* 1919 – Estonian War of Independence: the decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cesis.
* 1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo are killed in Battle of St. Matthew's Day.
* June 23 – Estonian War of Independence – Battle of Cēsis: The Estonian army is victorious in northern Latvia against the pro-German Baltische Landeswehr.
* September 21 – Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian resistance leader and Caupo of Turaida, Livonian leader ( at the Battle of St. Matthew's Day )
The Battle of Cēsis in June 1919 when Estonian and Latvian forces defeated the Germans was one of the decisive battles in the Latvian War of Independence.
He managed to assemble an army of 6, 000 Estonian men from different counties, but was killed in the following Battle of St. Matthew's Day in September, 1217.
However, the Baltische Landeswehr was defeated by the 3rd Estonian Division ( led by Ernst Põdder ) and North Latvian Brigade in the Battle of Cēsis, 19 – 23 June 1919.
The offensive of the Estonian Petseri Battle Group began also on 13 May.
Caupo participated in a crusader raid against the still pagan, related Finnic-speaking Estonians and was killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day in 1217 against the troops of the Estonian leader Lembitu of Lehola.
In 1219 the Danish fleet landed in the major harbor of Estonia and defeated the Estonians in the Battle of Lyndanisse that brought Northern Estonia under Danish reign until the Estonian uprising in 1343, when the territories were taken over by the Teutonic Order and sold by Denmark in 1346.
The Battle of Narva Bridgehead ( Estonian: Narva lahingud ; German: Schlacht um den Brückenkopf von Narva ; Russian: Битва за Нарву ; 2 February – 26 July 1944 ) was the campaign that stalled the Soviet Estonian Operation in the surroundings of the town of Narva for five and a half months.
The date recalls the victory in the 1919 Battle of Võnnu ( near Cēsis, Latvia ) of the Estonian military forces and their allies over German forces ( Baltische Landeswehr ) who sought to re-assert Baltic-German control over the region.
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