Elmar Muuk

Male, Deceased Person

1901 – 1941

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Who was Elmar Muuk?

Elmar Muuk was an Estonian linguist and author of a number of dictionaries and textbooks of the Estonian language, and was, together with Mihkel Veske and Johannes Aavik, responsible for development of Estonian as a modern European language.

Muuk was born in Eivere village, Järva County. He took part of the Estonian War of Independence. Muuk was arrested by NKVD on 14 June 1941 in Tallinn and died in imprisonment in Sevurallag, Sverdlovsk oblast.

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Born
Dec 26, 1901
Died
Nov 20, 1941

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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