Johannes Käbin

Johannes Käbin, is also known by his Russified name Ivan Gustavovich Kabin (Russian: Иван Густавович Кэбин, 24 September 1905, Kalvi, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 26 October 1999, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian Soviet politician who led the Estonian Communist Party from 1950 to 1978. He completed his studies from "Institute of Red Professors" . He was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1978 to 1983. Initially a hardline Stalinist, he gradually became more moderate in the post-Stalin era but nevertheless remained devoted to the consolidation of Soviet rule in Estonia. Käbin was an ethnic Estonian but had been raised in Russia (so-called "Yestonian"), as his family had moved to Saint Petersburg in 1910. He worked as a teacher in Moscow before returning to Estonia after the Second World War.[1]

Johannes Käbin, 1978

After the reindependence of Estonia till his death Käbin was a member of the Social Democratic Labour Party.

He received so many awards, like "Order of Lenin" , "Hero of Socialist Labour" , " Order of the October Revolution " and many more.

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Biography

Johannes Käbin was born in 1905 in Kalvi, Virumaa. In 1907, Käbin's family moved from Estonia to St. Petersburg, where his father died in the same year. In 1916, together with his mother and older sister, he moved to the village of Sussanino in Petrograd Province, where the family bought a small farm (0.27 hectares). The local history of Johannes Käbin in the village of Sussanini in the Gotchina (Trotsky) district tells of 17-year-old Johannes Käbin, a young communist in 1922, who organized a 40-member communist youth organization and led a new village life with Georgi Nellis and Aleksander Tammi.

References

1:- Käbin prevented the KGB , massacre, delfi.ee, September 22, 2005.

2 :- Tõnis Erilaid, Johannes Käbin died, Õhtuleht, October 27, 1999

    Notes
    1. "Кэбин Иван Густавович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
    2. "Johannes Käbin", Vikipeedia (in Estonian), 2021-01-28, retrieved 2021-01-29
    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Nikolai Karotamm    		 First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia
    1950–1978    		 Succeeded by
    Karl Vaino
    Preceded by
    Meta Vannas    		 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR
    1978–1983    		 Succeeded by
    Arnold Rüütel
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