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| '''Aili Jõgi''' (b. ] ]) is an ] militant-nationalist who in ] blew up a ]: the preceding monument to the ] in ]. |
'''Aili Jõgi''' (b. ] ]) is an ] militant-nationalist who in ] together with a friend, named ], blew up a ]: the preceding monument to the ] in ]. | ||
| Aili Jõgi was not a suspect initially, and continued to distribute flyers for the resistance movement. She was finally arrested after having tried to find a doctor to treat a wounded ], secretly held in a bunker, as someone mentioned the blasted monument during interrogations. At the age of 14, she was taken to local ] detention center at Pagari Street in Tallin, where she spent her 15th birthday. She was later found guilty as an under-aged terrorist and sent to a labor camp in ] in ], exiled from Estonia for eight years. At the labor camp, she worked in a coal mine and later got married to fellow prisoner ]; because her Estonian husband was exiled for life for allegedly having been a ] spy, she could not return to Estonia until ]. They both moved back to Ülo Jõgi's parental home in Tallinn in ]. | |||
| ⚫ | In ], Jõgi received the ] for her fight against ] by the ] ]. | ||
| ⚫ | In ], Jõgi received the ] for her fight against ] by the ] ]. Aili Jõgi is one of only two women awarded the Order. | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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Aili Jõgi (b. May 25 1931) is an Estonian militant-nationalist who in 1946 together with a friend, named Ageeda Paavels, blew up a Soviet Grave Monument: the preceding monument to the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
Aili Jõgi was not a suspect initially, and continued to distribute flyers for the resistance movement. She was finally arrested after having tried to find a doctor to treat a wounded forest brother, secretly held in a bunker, as someone mentioned the blasted monument during interrogations. At the age of 14, she was taken to local NKVD detention center at Pagari Street in Tallin, where she spent her 15th birthday. She was later found guilty as an under-aged terrorist and sent to a labor camp in Komi Republic in European Russia, exiled from Estonia for eight years. At the labor camp, she worked in a coal mine and later got married to fellow prisoner Ülo Jõgi; because her Estonian husband was exiled for life for allegedly having been a Finnish spy, she could not return to Estonia until 1970. They both moved back to Ülo Jõgi's parental home in Tallinn in 1971.
In 1998, Jõgi received the Order of the Cross of the Eagle for her fight against communism by the Estonian President Lennart Meri. Aili Jõgi is one of only two women awarded the Order.
References
- Decorations of the Republic of Estonia. Awarded in 1995-1998
- Hon sprängde bronsstatyns föregångare Dagens Nyheter, May 13, 2007.
- An interview with Aili Jõgi (Partial translation to English)
External links
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