Valgjärve Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died
2 June 1974(1974-06-02) (aged 58)
Valgjärve Parish, Estonia
Cause of death
Gunshot wounds
Nationality
Estonian
Other names
Värdi, Jakob, Lihunik
Occupation
Partisan
Years active
1944–1974
Kalev Gustav Arro (17 July 1915 – 2 June 1974)[1][2] was an Estonian partisan during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. He was part of the Forest Brothers (Metsavennad), a group of resistance fighters who hid in the forests of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the struggle against Soviet authority.[3] He is noted for disguising himself as a vagrant for 30 years to evade capture.[4]
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^Kaasik, Maris S. (7 July 2009). "Viimased metsavennad raiuti lõpuks graniiti". LounaLeht (in Estonian). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^Schüler, C. J. (2020). Along the Amber Route: From St. Petersburg to Venice. Inverness, Scotland: Sandstone Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-912240-92-0.
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