Aadu Birk (born 14 November 1883 in Tarvastu, died 2 February 1942 in Sosva, Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia) was Prime Minister of Estonia. He was Estonian Prime Minister for only three days, from 28 July to 30 July 1920. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: , Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Urals Federal District. ... The Prime Minister of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi Peaminister) is the head of government of the Republic of Estonia. ... July 28 is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... July 30 is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Biography

Aadu Birk graduated from the Theological (Orthodox) Seminary in Riga, studied in the St. Petersburg (Orthodox) Theological Academy, and in the law departments of the Tartu (1907-1908), St. Petersburg (1908-1911) and Leipzig (1911) universities. Coordinates: Founded 1201 Government  - Mayor Jānis Birks Area  - City 307. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...   [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony in Germany with a population of over 504,000. ...

Between 1911-12 he was Head of the Tallinn Statistical Bureau. From 1912-1917 he worked as a solicitor to barrister Jaan Poska. County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, but not the United States (in the United States the word has a quite different meaning—see below). ... Jaan Poska Jaan Poska sündis Laiusel, Kirikukülas 12. ...

In 1917 he was made provisional secretary of the Estonian Province Assembly (Eesti Maanõukogu), and in 1918 was made representative of Estonia in Helsinki, Finland. From 1918 to 1919 he was Chairman of Estonian Province Assembly and chairman of General Committee of Elections to the Constituent Assembly (Asutav Kogu). From 1919 to 1920 he was vice chairman of Constituent Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs, again in 1920 and in 1925. He was prime minister for three days from 28 July to 30 July 1920. Between 1917-1924 Birk was also chairman of the Tallinn Voluntary Society of Firemen, in 1919-1922 chairman of the All-Estonian Union of Firemen. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Nickname: Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Lord Mayor Jussi Pajunen  - Mayor Pekka Korpinen  - Mayor Ilkka-Christian Björklund  - Mayor Pekka Sauri  - Mayor Paula Kokkonen Area  - City 187. ... July 28 is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... July 30 is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

From 1922 to 1926 he was Envoy of Estonia in the Soviet Union. As an Ambassador to the Soviet Union, he had in the beginning of 1926 a conflict with the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and refused to return after his demotion. In summer 1926 he fell victim to the provocation of the Soviet secret service GPU, and was imprisoned in Russia, but soon released and returned to Estonia in 1927. He was accused of forwarding secret information to the USSR and was in pretrial imprisonment, in November 1927 was acquitted by the Tallinn-Haapsalu Peace Council (Rahukogu). Envoy may refer to: a diplomat Envoy (WordPerfect), a document reader and document file format GMC Envoy, a make of automobile The Envoy, a 1982 album by Warren Zevon The Call Sign For United Kingdom Airline Flyjet Category: ... GPU may stand for: Graphics processing unit, a special stream processor used in computer graphics hardware Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie (Главное Политическое Управление, or Main Political Directorate) of the Red Army, responsible for troops morale and propaganda. ...

In the second half of 1920s and in the 1930s he became active in the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAOC), and from 1939-1940 the Ecumenical Secretary of the EAOC whilst serving as a businessman in Tallinn.

However with the onset of the Second World War, he was arrested by the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, (the Soviet Secret Police) and on June 14, 194114.06.1941, was in the Sosva prison camp, and was sentenced to death but died of natural causes before the execution. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...

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