| Arnold Koop | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office 19 March 1967 – 13 June 1971Serving with Ilmar Vahe | |
| Preceded by | Vaino Väljas |
| Succeeded by | Ilmar Vahe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1922-07-16)July 16, 1922 Saint Petersburg Governorate |
| Died | April 21, 1988(1988-04-21) (aged 65) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Political party | CPSU |
Arnold Koop (16 July 1922, Saint Petersburg Governorate – 21 April 1988 Moscow) was a Soviet Estonian pedagog and Communist Party functionary.
From 1960 until 1968 he was the rector of Tallinn Pedagogical Institute. From 1970 to 1988 he was the rector of the University of Tartu, where he was responsible for exerting political control at the university, closing the sociology laboratory and dismissing its director, and shifting its focus from Estonian to Soviet studies. Koop was known as ideologically orthodox Communist, who supported Neo-Stalinist tightening up policies of the 1970s Brezhnev era.
References
- ^ "Fond 105: Arnold Koop" (PDF). dspace.ut.ee. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- Fischer, Dan (November 16, 1978). "'Russification' Devouring Estonia's Past". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, MN. p. 32. Retrieved January 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- "PUNAFRAASID KUI SÕJAKAVALUS ENSV-s | teater. Muusika. Kino". 16 November 2017.
 | This Estonian academic-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1922 births
- 1988 deaths
- People from Pskov Oblast
- People from Saint Petersburg Governorate
- Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia
- Eighth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Ninth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Tenth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Eleventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Estonian historians
- Soviet historians
- Soviet philosophers
- 20th-century Estonian historians
- 20th-century Estonian philosophers
- Tallinn University alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Tartu
- Rectors of the University of Tartu
- Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences
- 8th Estonian Rifle Corps personnel
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- Recipients of the Medal "For Courage" (Russia)
- Burials at Raadi cemetery
- European academic biography stubs
- Estonian people stubs