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Arnold Koop | |
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| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office 19 March 1967 – 13 June 1971 Serving with Ilmar Vahe | |
| Preceded by | Vaino Väljas |
| Succeeded by | Ilmar Vahe |
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| Born | July 16, 1922 |
| Died | April 21, 1988 (aged 65) |
| Party | CPSU |
Arnold Koop (16 July 1922, Saint Petersburg Governorate – 21 April 1988 Moscow) was a Soviet Estonian pedagog and Communist Party functionary.[1]
From 1960 until 1968 he was the rector of Tallinn Pedagogical Institute. From 1970 to 1988 he was the rector of the University of Tartu,[1] where he was responsible for exerting political control at the university, closing the sociology laboratory and dismissing its director, and shifting its focus from Estonian to Soviet studies.[2] Koop was known as ideologically orthodox Communist, who supported Neo-Stalinist tightening up policies of the 1970s Brezhnev era.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Fond 105: Arnold Koop" (PDF). dspace.ut.ee. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ↑ Fischer, Dan (November 16, 1978). "'Russification' Devouring Estonia's Past". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, MN. p. 32. Retrieved January 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "PUNAFRAASID KUI SÕJAKAVALUS ENSV-s | teater. Muusika. Kino". 16 November 2017.
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