Artur Toom
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Artur Toom
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Artur Toom was an Estonian ornithologist and conservationist who worked on the island of Vilsandi which later became Vilsandi National Park. He was arrested following the Soviet occupation of Estonia and died in Usollag Gulag labor camp. Toom was born in the village of Sagariste in Pihtla municipality, Saare County, and became a lighthouse keeper on Vilsandi in 1906 where he started active bird conservation. He leased out the Vaika islands and encouraged bird nesting. In 1917, the Germans occupi
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Estonian ornithologist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Toom
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2024-03-30T14:06:49Z
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