Hans Pöögelmann

Hans Pöögelmann[a] (30 December 1875 Aidu Parish, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia – 27 January 1938, Moscow, Soviet Union) was an Estonian and Soviet Russian socialist, and later communist politician, journalist and poet.

He continued his studies in Leipzig, Germany where he became a committed Marxist and joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1905.

[2] Pöögelmann returned to Russia after the 1917 February Revolution, became a member of the Tallinn (Reval) city council and was elected to the Estonian Provincial Assembly.

Pöögelmann was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia and edited various of its publications.

[2] Pöögelmann was arrested during the Stalinist Great Purge, sentenced to death for alleged "anti-Soviet activities" and executed in January 1938.

In various publications he published poetry under the pseudonym H. Rooskaja, including such poems as "I throw logs" ("Puid pillun", 1900 ), "Spring winds" ("Kevadetuuled", 1904), "Snowdrifts" ("Hanged", 1904).