Jaan Soots (12 March [ O.S. 29 February] 1880 – 6 February 1942) was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence and politician.
3-643: Jaan Soots was born in Küti farmstead, Linna village, Helme Parish, Viljandi County (now in Tõrva Parish, Valga County ), Governorate of Livonia , Russian Empire . He joined the army voluntarily in 1900, studied between 1901 and 1904 at Vilnius Military Academy , participated in the Russo-Japanese War and from 1910 to 1913 studied at the Imperial Nicholas Military Academy . At the beginning of
6-664: Is recipient of the Estonian Order of the White Star , 1st class, and the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis , 2nd class. This biographical article related to the military of Estonia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Linna, Valga County Linna is a village in Tõrva Parish , Valga County in Estonia . This Valga County location article is
9-999: The Estonian War of Independence, Soots was Chief of Operative Staff; in February 1919 he became Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief. In 1919, Soots also achieved the rank of Major General . Soots also participated in the Tartu peace conference and retired in 1920. Later, he was twice a Minister of War, member of the State Assembly, Mayor and Lord Mayor ( ülemlinnapea ) of Tallinn . In 1938, he received Herbert Hoover , who, as an honorary citizen of Tallinn, visited Estonia. In 1940, Soviet occupation authorities arrested Soots and in 1942 he died in Ussollag prison camp in Usolye , Perm Oblast . Soots
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