Kristjan Seaver as a prisoner at Tallinn Central Prison
Chairman of the Executive Committee of Tallinn
In office 17 January 1941 – 24 August 1941
Preceded by
Aleksander Kiidelmaa
Succeeded by
Artur Terras (as mayor)
Personal details
Born
1898
Died
28 August 1941 (age 42–43) Gulf of Finland
Political party
Communist Party of Estonia
Kristjan Seaver (1898 – 28 August 1941) was an Estonian Communist politician who was the chairman of the executive committee of Tallinn from 17 January to 24 August 1941. He initially was a member of the Ravila branch of the Bolsheviks. He later was involved in the October Revolution in Estonia, and was a planner of the failed 1924 uprising in Estonia. For his part, he was arrested in September 1925 and was sentenced to life in prison. He was later granted amnesty in 1940 and later participated in the Soviet takeover of Estonia.[1] Seaver later became the chairman of the executive committee of Tallinn from 17 January to 24 August 1941. He disbanded all representational authority.[2][3] After he resigned on 24 August, on 28 August, he evacuated Tallinn with a number of representatives of other Soviet authorities due to the Nazi German invasion of Tallinn. He was killed when the Baltic Fleet ship he was in, the destroyer Yakov Sverdlov, hit a naval mine in the Gulf of Finland and sank.[4] He was succeeded as mayor (during the Nazi occupation of Estonia) by Artur Terras.
^"Päewaleht, nr. 165, 22 June 1940" (in Estonian). Päevaleht (1905 version; via DIGAR Eesti artiklid). 22 June 1940. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^Tallinn City Office (2011). Tallinna kommunaalmajandus 1940-2011. Tallinn: Tallinn City Office. p. 24.[permanent dead link]
^Suurkask, Heiki (27 July 2016). "Tallinna valimised enne sõda: kommunistidelt võeti võit käest, vapsidelt võeti võit käest" (in Estonian). Forte. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^Ojalo, Hannu (2002). "Tallinna lahing 1941 Röövel päästab röövli käest" (in Estonian). Kultuur ja Elu. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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