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Lennart Meri


Born
in Tallinn, Estonia
March 29, 1929

Died
March 14, 2006


Lennart Georg Meri was a writer, film director and statesman who served as the second President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Meri was a leader of the Estonian independence movement.

In 1941, the Meri family was deported to Siberia along with thousands of other Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians sharing the same fate. Heads of the family were separated from their families and shut into concentration camps where few survived. At the age of twelve, Lennart Meri worked as a lumberman in Siberia. He also worked as a potato peeler and a rafter to support his family.

Whilst in exile, Lennart Meri grew interested in the other Uralic languages that he heard around him, the language family of which his native Estonian is also a part. His interest in
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“Eesti riik ja Hiiumaa on loodud selleks, et kesta igavesti ja mitte kuraditki karta.”
Lennart Georg Meri

“Ma kadestan loodusjõude, koski, vulkaane, tuult selle mõju pärast, mis neil inimestele on," ütles keegi kunstnik, ja kõigist loodusjõududest on meri kõige võimsam, aga ka inimlähedasem. Viie tuhande aasta eest jõudsime tema äärde, lükkasime kõrvale metsa rohelise eesriide ja tardusime paigale. Siin me nüüd oleme, ja kõik me kanname endas mere märke.”
Lennart Meri, ±áõ²ú±ð±¹²¹±ô²µ±ð

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