Ülo Jõgi
Ülo Jõgi (March 12, 1921 – May 14, 2007) was an Estonian war historian known for his involvement in the Estonian resistance against the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
Born in Tallinn, Jõgi was a former member of the Erna long-range reconnaissance group, which was organized by the Finnish Army in collaboration with Nazi Germany. On December 11, 1944, he was arrested by Soviet authorities on charges of espionage for Finland. Subsequently, he was sent to a Gulag labor camp in the Komi Republic, located to the west of the Ural Mountains in the northeast of the East European Plain. He received a lifetime exile from the Estonian SSR but was eventually released in 1970. Upon his release, he returned to Tallinn, Estonia, in the following year. During his exile, he married Aili Jõgi, a fellow Estonian who had been deported in 1946 for her involvement in blowing up the previous monument to the Soviet Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
In February 1997, Jõgi was honored with the Estonian Order of the Cross of the Eagle by Estonian President Lennart Meri for his contributions to the fight against Soviet occupation, recognizing him as a “Freedom fighter of military merit.”