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Jaan Poska

1866–1920 · 20th century

Jaan Poska was an Estonian lawyer and statesman, mayor of Reval (Tallinn), who became commissar of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia created in 1917 after the February Revolution. He later served in the provisional government of the Republic of Estonia, and as head of the Estonian delegation he signed the Treaty of Tartu with Soviet Russia in 1920, which recognised Estonian independence.

Jaan Poska
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Autonomous Governorate of Estonia

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