Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Lennart Meri across 5 places, from 1940 to 2006.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lennart Georg Meri (29 March 1929 – 14 March 2006) was an Estonian writer, film director, and statesman.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Lennart Meri is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Lennart Meri was documented, and when
June 1940month
Tallinnattested“Lennart Meri and his family lived in Tallinn when Estonia was invaded and occupied by the Stalinist Soviet Union in June 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1953year
Estoniaattested“The Meri family survived and found their way back to Estonia where Lennart Meri graduated cum laude from the Faculty of History and Languages of the University of Tartu in 1953.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
5 March 1953exact date
Vanemuineattested“On 5 March 1953, the day of Joseph Stalin's death, he proposed to his first wife Regina Meri, saying "Let us remember this happy day forever." The politics of the Soviet Union did not allow him to work as a historian, so Meri found work…”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1974year
Soviet Unionattested“Meri's travel book of his journey to the northeast passage, Virmaliste Väraval (At the Gate of the Northern Lights) (1974), won him huge success in the Soviet Union.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
26 March 2006exact date
Charles's Church, Tallinnattested“The composer responded by writing Für Lennart in memoriam for string orchestra and the work was performed at the funeral service in Charles's Church on March 26, 2006 by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra conducted by famed Estonian conductor…”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
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1932year
Canadamentioned“Lennart Meri's first wife Regina Meri (1932−2020) emigrated to Canada in 1987.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1941year
Siberiamentioned“In 1941, the Meri family was deported to Siberia along with thousands of other Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians sharing the same fate.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1949year
Estonian Drama Theatrementioned“His second wife Helle Meri (1949−2024) worked as an actress in the Estonian Drama Theatre until 1992.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1958year
Tian Shanmentioned“After a trip to the Tian Shan Mountains in Central Asia and the old Islamic centres in the Kara Kum Desert in 1958, Lennart Meri wrote his first book, which met with a warm reception from the public.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1958year
Kara Kummentioned“After a trip to the Tian Shan Mountains in Central Asia and the old Islamic centres in the Kara Kum Desert in 1958, Lennart Meri wrote his first book, which met with a warm reception from the public.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1958year
Central Asiamentioned“After a trip to the Tian Shan Mountains in Central Asia and the old Islamic centres in the Kara Kum Desert in 1958, Lennart Meri wrote his first book, which met with a warm reception from the public.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1964year
Kamchatka Peninsulamentioned“Tulemägede Maale, created in 1964, which is translated as To the Land of Fiery Mountains, chronicled Meri's journey to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the 1960s.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1977year
Sovietmentioned“It was translated into Finnish in 1977 in the Soviet Writers series, which also introduced to Finnish readers works by the Estonian writers Mats Traat, Lilli Promet, and Ülo Tuulik.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1988year
Latviamentioned“In 1988, Meri became a founding member of the Estonian Popular Front, which cooperated with its counterparts in Latvia and Lithuania.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
1992year
Russian Federationmentioned“Already in 1992 this idea was brought into Russian Federation politics by Boris Yeltsin.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
6 October 1992exact date
Finlandmentioned“After a brief period as Ambassador of Estonia to Finland, on 6 October 1992 he became the 2nd President of Estonia, and the first since the breakup of the Soviet Union.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
14 March 2006exact date
Tallinnmentioned“The tumor was found to be malignant and he died on the morning of 14 March 2006, fifteen days before his 77th birthday, after being hospitalized in Tallinn for months.”source: Wikipedia: Lennart Meri
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