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Arnold Koop

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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 byVaino Väljas
Succeeded byIlmar Vahe
Personal details
Born(1922-07-16)July 16, 1922
Saint Petersburg Governorate
DiedApril 21, 1988(1988-04-21) (aged 65)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Political partyCPSU

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

From 1960 until 1968 he was the rector of Tallinn Pedagogical Institute. From 1970 to 1988 he was the rector of the University of Tartu,[1] where he was responsible for exerting political control at the university, closing the sociology laboratory and dismissing its director, and shifting its focus from Estonian to Soviet studies.[2] Koop was known as ideologically orthodox Communist, who supported Neo-Stalinist tightening up policies of the 1970s Brezhnev era.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fond 105: Arnold Koop" (PDF). dspace.ut.ee. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ Fischer, Dan (November 16, 1978). "'Russification' Devouring Estonia's Past". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, MN. p. 32. Retrieved January 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "PUNAFRAASID KUI SÕJAKAVALUS ENSV-s | teater. Muusika. Kino". 16 November 2017.