About Nigol Andresen
Lived 1899 – 1985 (aged 85). Nigol Andresen was an Estonian and Russian writer, teacher, politician, military personnel, pedagogue and literary scholar.
Nigol Andresen (pen name, Ormi Arp; 2 October 1899 Haljala Parish, Wierland County – 24 February 1985 Tartu) was an Estonian and Soviet politician, writer, literary critic, and translator. He was a member of V Riigikogu.
He carried out underground communist activity in 1939 and 1940. In 1940 he was the minister of foreign affairs in the puppet government headed by Johannes Vares' cabinet. He fell into disgrace during a purge of the Estonian Communist Party in 1949.
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Who was Nigol Andresen?
Estonian writer and politician (1899-1985)
When was Nigol Andresen born?
Nigol Andresen was born on 2 October 1899 in Haljala Rural Municipality.
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Nigol Andresen died on 24 February 1985 in Tartu.
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Nigol Andresen was a writer, teacher, politician, military personnel, pedagogue and literary scholar.
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Nigol Andresen was Estonian and Russian.
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