Erika Siilivask
Erika Siilivask | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 26, 1902 |
| Died | August 27, 1993 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | Educator |
Erika Siilivask (until 1923 Erika Leontine Vassar; May 26, 1902 – August 27, 1993) was an Estonian pedagogue and school principal.
Early life and family[edit]
Erika Siilivask was born Erika Leontine Vassar in Jõksi, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, the daughter of Gustav Vassar (or Wassar, 1869–?) and Elisabeth (Betti) Vassar (née Teever, 1879 – c. 1969). She married Karl Aleksander Siilivask (1899–1941) and was the mother of the historian Karl Siilivask (1927–2017).[1]
Education[edit]
Siilivask studied at the Kanepi Parish school and Võru County Public Education Society Girls High School. In 1928, she graduated from the Pallas Art School in Tartu as a drawing teacher.[1]
Career[edit]
Starting in 1928, Siilivask worked as a substitute teacher in the schools of Võru County. In 1941, she became the head of the education department of the Võru County Executive Committee.[2] From March to July 1943, she was the head of the Magnitogorsk orphanage, and from the fall of 1943 the director of the Uvelka Children's Home in the Chelyabinsk Oblast.[3] From 1944 to 1946, she was the head of the education department of Võru County,[4] and from 1945 to 1946 a member of the executive committee of the Council of Workers' Deputies of Võru County.[5][6] From 1946 to 1961, she was the principal of Tartu Secondary School No. 3.[7]
She died in Tallinn and is buried in Võru Cemetery.
Awards[edit]
- 1945: Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR[8][9]
- 1948: Excellent Public Education Worker badge
- 1954: Medal "For Labor Valor"
- 1957: Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the Council of Trade Unions of the Estonian SSR and badge of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
- 1960: Order of Lenin
References[edit]
- ^ a b Maidla, Margus (July 19, 2010). "Akadeemiline Keskus: Akadeemik Karl Siilivaski tegemistest ajaloo vallas kirjutas Margus Maidla". KesKus. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ Eesti NSV ajutise Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi seadlus linna ja maakonna täitevkomiteede moodustamise kohta. Eesti NSV Teataja, January 21, 1941.
- ^ Kits, Aino (August 7, 1982). "Eesti koolid nõukogude tagalas". Nõukogude Õpetaja. No. 32. p. 3. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ "Võru esimese tööstusliku kallakuga kooli algaastad". Võru Teataja. No. 84. July 29, 1993. p. 3. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi 2. märtsi 1945 seadlus Võrumaa Töörahva Saadikute Nõukogu Täitevkomitee isikulise koosseisu kinnitamise kohta. Eesti NSV Teataja, March 18, 1945.
- ^ Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi 5. novembri 1946 seadlus Võrumaa Töörahva Saadikute Nõukogu Täitevkomitee isikulise koosseisu kinnitamise kohta. Eesti NSV Teataja, January 28, 1947.
- ^ "Koolijuhid". Tartu Raatuse Kool. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ "Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi seadlus õpetajatele aunimetuse andmise kohta". Postimees. No. 170. July 24, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ Rannap, Heino. "Eesti kooli ja pedagoogika kronoloogia" (PDF). Ajalugu. Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium. p. 131. Retrieved December 11, 2023.