Johan Laidoner, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Estonia
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translation: Johan Laidoner, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Estonia
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Johan Laidoner (1884-1953) is one of the most prominent public and government figures in Estonia. He was a participant in the 1st World War and was awarded the Arms of St. George in 1915. After the February Revolution in Russia, Laidoner headed the Estonian division. K. Pats and J. Laidoner carried out a coup in 1934. On July 19, 1940 (before the official annexation of the state to the USSR) Laidoner was sent into exile in Penza. From this moment on, the author of the book begins to illuminate the difficult path of Johan and his wife Maria, who followed him. The book contains original documents, interrogation protocols, reports. Johan Laidoner died a week after Stalin's death.
V. Pool, author of the study, former head of the economic counterintelligence department and deputy chairman of the KGB of the Estonian SSR. He organized the work of a rehabilitation commission restoring the rights of victims of Soviet security forces in 1988.
