Tasuja Oja
Tasuja Oja (born Benedikt Oskar Oja; 5 August 1888, in Kuivajõe – 1946, in Leningrad Oblast, Russia) was an Estonian politician, civil servant and educator. He was a member of the II and III Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Labour Party. He was a member of the Riigikogu since 18 July 1923. He replaced Arnold Schulbach.[1]
Oja was arrested by the Soviet occupation authorities on 9 December 1944 in Rannamõisa where he was employed as a schoolmaster. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. He died in 1946 in prison custody in Leningrad Oblast in 1946.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Oja, Tasuja, Siim". Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Kose Parish
- People from Kreis Harrien
- Estonian Labour Party politicians
- Members of the Riigikogu, 1923–1926
- Members of the Riigikogu, 1926–1929
- Estonian civil servants
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class V
- Estonian people who died in prison custody
- Estonian people who died in Soviet detention