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Revision as of 22:50, 13 May 2007 by Camptown (talk | contribs) (→Notes)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Aili Jõgi (b. May 25 1931) is an Estonian militant-nationalist who in 1946 blew up a Soviet Grave Monument: the preceding monument to the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn. At the age of 14, she was arrested and sent to a prison camp in Siberia and released in 1970. In 1998, Jõgi received the Order of the Cross of the Eagle for her fight against communism by the Estonian President Lennart Meri.
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- 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)
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