Jaan Tomp Explained

Jaan Tomp (10 September 1894 in Tuhalaane Parish (now Mulgi Parish), Kreis Fellin – 14 November 1924 in Tallinn) was an Estonian communist, politician, and member of the Riigikogu. He began his legislative career in 1922, when he replaced Adolf Leevald in the I Riigikogu.[1] The chairman of the Central Council of the Workers' Unions of Estonia (Estonian: Eestimaa Töölisühingute Üldliidu Kesknõukogu), he was sentenced to death at the Trial of the 149.[2]

During the Soviet era, Tallinn's House of the Blackheads was a "culture palace" initially named after Jaan Tomp (and later renamed after the communist).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juhatus ja liikmed . Riigikogu . 1 March 2021 . et.
  2. Book: Libman, Abe. The International Contacts of the Estonian Revolutionary Labour Movement, 1920-1940. 1978. Perioodika. 61.
  3. News: Tallinn's Iconic House of the Black Heads Has a Checkered History . 3 May 2024 . ERR . 3 May 2024.