Imperial Russian Army Estonian Army Estonian Border Guard
Years of service
Russia: 1914–1917 Estonia: 1918–1939
Rank
Major general
Battles/wars
World War I Estonian War of Independence
Awards
See below
Ants Kurvits or Hans Kurvits (14 May 1887 – 27 December 1943) was an Estonian military commander, reaching rank of major general. He participated in the Estonian War of Independence and later became the founder and long-time leader of the Estonian Border Guard. Kurvits also served briefly as Minister of War.
AntsKurvits or Hans Kurvits (14 May 1887 – 27 December 1943) was an Estonian military commander, reaching rank of major general. He participated in the...
Kurvits is an Estonian language surname, from Yiddish Hurwitz, and may refer to: Ado Kurvits (1897–1958), Estonian Communist politician AntsKurvits (1887–1943)...
EML Kindral Kurvits is a Kurvits-class multi-purpose patrol vessel. Built in 2012 by Uki Workboat. At the beginning of 2023, four larger ships of Police...
Vasily Kravkov Alexander J. Kravtsov Petr G. Kravtsov Julius Kuperjanov AntsKurvits Aglay Dmitriyevich Kuzmin-Korovaev Vladimir Kuzmin-Karavayev Hans Leesment...
1885 – Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973) 1887 – AntsKurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)...
Artur Lossmann Juhan Tõrvand Gustav Kunnos Gustav Jonson Tõnis Rotberg AntsKurvits Rudolf Reimann Hans Leesment Jaan Kruus Aleksander Pulk Otto Sternbeck...
playwright (b. 1874) 1939 – Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877) 1943 – AntsKurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)...
government) was established on 20 September 1922. Lieutenant colonel AntsKurvits was appointed to lead the organization on 1 November 1922, which is also...
1926 Major General AntsKurvits 1887 1943 VR I/2 Vice Admiral Tarmo Kõuts 1953 Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces General Ants Laaneots 1948 Commander...
Vesper 1968: Aleksandra Gromova, Elmar Kanter, Helga Kriiel [et], Niina Kurvits [et], Melania Lepner, Bernhard Liiv, Elena Makus, Maimu Maran, Oliver Masing [et]...
Political offices Preceded by Ants Piip Minister of War 1921 - 1923 Succeeded by Ado Anderkopp Preceded by Hans Kurvits Minister of War 1924 - 1927 Succeeded by...
Paul Purga, Paul Laasik, Venno Loosaar, Juhan Rodrik, Jaanus Mehikas, Alo Kurvits, Jan Uuspõld, Svetlana Zanina, Birgit Veiler, Rolf Põhjala Fantasy-Comedy...
other side. On 19 April the first county governor was elected – Johann Kurvits, a farmer of Karula. He held this position until July 1921, when August...
(replaced by Jüri Nuut) August Kohver Start of session End of session Johannes Kurvits Start of session End of session Johan Kõpp 9 January 1940 (replacing Hugo...