Elmar Muuk
Elmar Muuk (26 December 1901 – 20 November 1941) was an Estonian linguist and author of a number of dictionaries and textbooks of the Estonian language, and was, together with Johannes Voldemar Veski 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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- Eesti Ekspress 23 August 2007: Mahalaskmine pärast surma by Margit-Mariann Koppel
- Estonian Language Institute: Eesti keele kirjeldamise ja arendamise ajaloost
gollark: It can run at a subpath happily too.
gollark: You can set the DB path, port and polling interval, *and* even add (but not remove) URLs.
gollark: Is the `--help` not helpful?
gollark: You may want to update your onstat install with a minor bugfix. And possibly change the footer, since it isn't configurable as of now.
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