Ülo Jõgi
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Ülo Jõgi (March 12, 1921-May 14, 2007) was an Estonian war historian, nationalist and active in the Estonian resistance against the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
On December 11, 1944, Jõgi (veteran of Erna long-range recce group, organized by Finnish Army together with Germany) was arrested by the Soviet authorities, accused of spying for Finland. Months later, he was sent to a Gulag labor camp in the Komi-Zyryan ASSR, to the west of the Ural mountains in the north-east of the East European Plain. He was exiled from the Estonian SSR for life, but was eventually released in 1970 and returned back to Tallinn, Estonia, a year later. During his exile, he married Aili Jõgi, a fellow Estonian who had been exiled in 1946 for having blown up the preceding monument to the Soviet Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
In February 1997, Jõgi was awarded the Estonian Order of the Cross of the Eagle for his fight against communism ("Freedom fighter of military merit") by the Estonian President Lennart Meri.
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- Suri Erna salga liige Ülo Jõgi Postimees, May 15, 2007. (Estonian)
- Decorations of the Republic of Estonia : Awarded in 1995 - 1998
- Erna salga liige Ülo Jõgi saadeti viimsele teekonnale (Estonian)
- Aaviksoo: oma vabaduse võlgneme inimestele nagu Ülo Jõgi (Estonian)
- Mart Laar: Ülo Jõgi: Erna võitles Eesti eest!, August 23, 2007 Maaleht
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| NAME | Jõgi, Ülo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jögi, Ülo; Jogi (alternate citations) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Estonian freedom fighter of military merit, War historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn, Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 2007 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Tallinn, Estonia |
