Voldemar Vöölmann

Voldemar Vöölmann (1887 – 14 June 1937) was an Estonian Communist politician who was the chairman of the city government of Tallinn from September 1917 to March 1918.

Voldemar Vöölmann
Chairman of the City Government of Tallinn
In office
September 1917 – March 1918
Preceded byGavriil Beljagin (as deputy mayor)
Succeeded byErhard Arnold Julius Dehio (as lord mayor)
Alexander Riesenkampff (as second mayor)
Personal details
Born1887
Died14 June 1937 (age 49–50)

He was elected to the Tallinn City Council as part of the Bolshevik movement, with Jaan Anvelt as a council member.[1] He presided over Tallinn during the establishment of the first Republic of Estonia and the dissolution of the Russian Empire. He resigned in March 1918 after the German Empire occupied Tallinn. He was succeeded by Erhard Arnold Julius Dehio as the installed lord mayor. A member of the Bolshevik faction known as the Fontanniks, Vöölmann criticized Anvelt for his shortcomings during the failed uprising in 1924.[2] After the failed uprising, Vöölmann left for the Soviet Union. He was later the deputy head of the government of the Kazakh ASSR and the chairman of the Russian Construction Committee. He was executed on 14 June 1937, during the Great Purge.[3] He was later portrayed by Sulev Luik in the film Kaks päeva Viktor Kingissepa elust (1981).[4]

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References
  1. "Täna ajaloos 19.08: asutati üks Eesti olulisemaid teatreid" (in Estonian). Heureka. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. Ruben, Aarne (2016). "THE POWER OF NOSTALGIA: EESSAARE AADU – DEPICTING A SPECIAL STATE OF MIND" (PDF). Tallinn Art Hall. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. Suurkask, Heiki (22 September 2007). "Hea kommunist on surnud kommunist" (in Estonian). Eesti Päevaleht. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. "Kaks päeva Viktor Kingissepa elust I jagu (1981)" (in Estonian). Eesti filmi andmebaas. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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