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Revision as of 19:31, 22 June 2006 by 207.200.116.200 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Viktor Kingissepp (born in Kaarma, Saaremaa, 24 March [O.S. 12 March] 1888 – 4 May 1922 in ]) was an Estonian Bolshevik politician. After he was convicted for treason and executed by the authorities of Estonia, the Soviet Russian government renamed the town of Yamburg to "Kingisepp" in his honour. During the period of Soviet rule of Estonia after World War II the town of Kuressaare was similarly renamed to "Kingissepa" in 1952 (the name was reversed in 1988).
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