Arnold Koop

Arnold Koop (16 July 1922, Saint Petersburg Governorate – 21 April 1988 Moscow) was a Soviet Estonian pedagog and Communist Party functionary.[1]

Arnold Koop
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
Personal details
Born	(1922-07-16)July 16, 1922 Saint Petersburg Governorate
Died	April 21, 1988(1988-04-21) (aged 65) Moscow, Soviet Union
Political party	CPSU

From 1960 until 1968 he was the rector of Tallinn Pedagogical Institute. 1970-1988 he was the rector of the University of Tartu.[1] Koop was known as ideologically orthodox Communist, who supported Neo-Stalinist tightening up policies of the 1970's Brehnevian era.[2]