Ain Saar
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Ain Saar is a Võro
punk rocker, and freedom fighter, the leader of the group Vaba-Sõltumatu Noorte Kolonn Nr.1 (Free Independent Youth Column No. 1) of December 20, 1987, which struggled against the Soviet rule. He was exile
d in 1988 by the authorities of Estonian SSR to Sweden where he lived in Skarpnäck
, Stockholm
.
In 2006 he campaigned for the removal of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
.
Võro
Võro may refer to:* Võro people, an ethnic group of Estonia* Võro language, a language belonging to the Baltic-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric languages of Estonia* Võro Institute, the governing organization of the Võro languageVoro may refer to:...
punk rocker, and freedom fighter, the leader of the group Vaba-Sõltumatu Noorte Kolonn Nr.1 (Free Independent Youth Column No. 1) of December 20, 1987, which struggled against the Soviet rule. He was exile
Exile
Exile means to be away from one's home , while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return...
d in 1988 by the authorities of Estonian SSR to Sweden where he lived in Skarpnäck
Skarpnäck
Skarpnäck may refer to:*Skarpnäck borough in Stockholm, Sweden*Skarpnäck metro station, a Stockholm Metro station*Skarpnäck parish, a Church of Sweden parish in Stockholm, Sweden*Skarpnäcksfältet, a subdistrict in Skarpnäcks Gård district, Skarpnäck borough...
, Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
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In 2006 he campaigned for the removal of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
The Bronze Soldier is the informal name of a controversial Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which were relocated to the nearby Tallinn Military Cemetery in 2007...
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External links
- Intsident sinimustvalge värvikombinatsiooniga"Eesti PäevalehtEesti PäevalehtEesti Päevaleht is a major daily Estonian newspaper, from the same publishers as the weekly Eesti Ekspress. It has a daily circulation of around 36,000....
" - intervjuu "Ain Saar jagab tunnustust oma toetajatega" "Võrumaa Teatajas"
- Vaba-Sõltumatu Kolonni Nr 1 juht sai teenetemärgi"Eesti EkspressEesti EkspressEesti Ekspress was the first politically independent newspaper in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet control of Estonia. Making use of Gorbachev's policies of perestroika and glasnost, it was established as a weekly newspaper in 1989 by Hans H. Luik and others...
is" - Aavo Savitschi artikkel "Ain Saar ja tema ajastu" "Võrumaa Teatajas"
- Vaba-Sõltumatu Noortekolonni liider
- ERLi liikmeid ja toetajaid
- Eesti Rahvuslikku Liikumist tahetakse näha avatud demokraatliku liikumisena
- Mis on juhtunud meie wabaduse eest werd walanud Sõltumatu kolonni nr. 1 juhiga – Ain Saarega?
- Riho Nassar
- Vaba-Sõltumatu Kolonn Nr. 1
- Sinimustvalge taassünd
- Demokraatiat ohustab passiivsus