Pärnamäe Cemetery
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Cemetery in Tallinn, Estonia
Pärnamäe Cemetery (Estonian: Pärnamäe kalmistu) is a cemetery in Pirita District, Tallinn, Estonia.[1] Its area is 105.6 ha.[2]
The cemetery was opened in 1962, and the cemetery was the merger of two former cemeteries. The first burial took place in 1963.[2]
In 1993, a crematorium (the first in Estonia) was opened at the cemetery.[2]
Burials
[edit ]- Andres Ehin (1940–2011), writer and translator
- Boris Jaanikosk (1897–1976), film actor and film director
- Leida Laius (1923–1996), estonian film director
- Friedrich-Alfred Olbrei [et] (1893–1972) scientist, broadcaster, and military engineer[2]
- Semyon Semyonovich Shkolnikov (1918–2015), cinematographer, director, and screenwriter
- Hannes Starkopf (1965–2021), sculptor[3]
- Enn Toona (1909–1973), actor and director[2]
- Konstantin Treffner (1885–1978), educator and politician[2]
- Debora Vaarandi (1916–2007), writer
References
[edit ]- ^ "Pärnamäeinfo". www.kalmistud.ee. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Tallinna entsüklopeedia [Encyclopedia of Tallinn]. Volume II (N-Ü) (in Estonian). Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastuse AS. 2004. p. 98.
- ^ "In Memoriam Hannes Starkopf". EKA. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
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