Hans Kruus
Hans Kruus (born 10 . Jul / 22. October 1891 greg. In Tartu , Governorate of Livonia ; † the thirtieth June 1976 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian historians and politicians.
Life
Kruus studied history at the University of Tartu. He was later from 1920 to 1922 leader of the Socialist Party of Estonian Socialist-Revolutionaries ( Eesti Sotsialistide-Revolutionääride Party ). From 1931 he headed the chair for the history of Estonia and the Nordic countries at the University of Tartu . His predecessor was the Finnish historian Arno Rafael Cederberg .
Kruus served as deputy prime minister of the communist government, the Vares cabinet , from July 22, 1940 to August 25, 1940. He was also rector of the University in Tartu ( Dorpat ) from 1940 to 1941, during the Soviet occupation of the Republic of Estonia .
Kruus was also a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic .
literature
- Jüri Kivimä: Rector Hans Kruus. Aasta Raamat OÜ, Tallinn 2017, ISBN 978-9949-9417-9-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Kruus in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Wörster (Ed.): Universities in Eastern Central Europe: Between Church, State and Nation ... , 2008, p. 82. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ↑ Ivo Volt, Janika Päll: Byzantino-Nordica 2004: Papers Presented at the International Symposium of ... , p 144. ( limited preview at Google Book Search ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kruus, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian politician and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorpat , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1976 |
| Place of death | Tallinn |