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Word: savisaar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Usage:

Tass quoted a Soviet Army deputy chief of staff, Col. Gen. Grigory Krivosheyev, as saying an agreement was struck between Defense Minister Dmitri T. Yazov and Estonian Prime Minister Edgar Savisaar on military service for Estonian men. Tass said the accord will allow some Estonian draftees to serve in Estonia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kremlin Pledges Not to Storm Parliament | 1/18/1991 | See Source »

...pink-and-white Toompea Palace, the Estonian seat of government. It was a Russian-speaking crowd, carrying banners calling on workers to DEFEND SOVIET POWER and demanding the resignation of President Arnold Ruutel. When the protesters broke through a locked gate into the palace courtyard, Prime Minister Edgar Savisaar put out a radio call for help, crying, "We are being assaulted. This is a coup attempt." Crowds of Estonians rushed to the square and pushed the Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Playing for Keeps | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

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