{"id":685,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/tarmovahter\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:09:23","slug":"tarmovahter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/v\/tarmovahter\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarmo Vahter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tarmo Vahter (born 30 June 1970) is a journalist and author of several documentary books.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tVahter graduated from the University of Tartu in 1994 specialising in journalism. From 1992, he has worked as a journalist for the newspaper Eesti Ekspress<\/em>. He is a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 2022. His brother Tauno Vahter is a writer and the chief editor of the T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev publishing company.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tVahter has published several books on recent Estonian history. In 2009, he published the book Lennart Meri. Kolmat p\u00f5lve poliitik<\/em> (\u2018<\/span><\/span><\/span>Lennart Meri<\/a><\/span><\/span>. A Third-generation Politician\u2019) which tells the story of the Estonian president\u2019s family from the beginning of the 20th century to the end of Stalin\u2019s time. The book Vaba riigi tulek: 1991. Kuus otsustavat kuud<\/em> (\u2018Coming of the Free State: 1991. Six Crucial Months\u2019) appeared in 2011. It is based on the materials of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, police and other public institutions and of the US archives which had not been published earlier. Based on the entries of the diary of an Estonian border guard officer, the book restores the course of the Russian August putsch in Estonia. In 2012, Vaba riigi tulek was published in Russian under the title \u042d\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0438\u044f: \u0436\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u043b\u0435\u0442\u043e 91-\u0433\u043e \u0410\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0443\u0442\u0447 \u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/em> (\u2018Estonia: The Hot Summer of 91. The August Putsch and the Restoration of Independence\u2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn December 2021, Vahter published the book V\u00f5itlus tuleviku p\u00e4rast. 1933\u20131936: P\u00e4tsi aja r\u00e4\u00e4kimata lood<\/em> (\u2018Struggle for the Future. 1933\u20131936: Untold Stories of P\u00e4ts\u2019 Time\u2019). The book describes how State Elder (later President) Konstantin P\u00e4ts seized the power on 12 March 1934 and the events immediately before and after. Collection of material for the book and its writing took Vahter approximately five years. In addition to Estonian archives, he searched for information in Finnish, British, German and US archives.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. (Translated by I. A.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

Books in Estonian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDocumentary books<\/em><\/strong>
Lennart Meri. Kolmat p\u00f5lve poliitik: lugusid, dokumente ja pilte Lennart Merist ja tema esivanematest<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Ekspressi Kirjastus, 2009. 168 lk.
Vaba riigi tulek: 1991. Kuus otsustavat kuud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Ekspress, 2011. 336 lk.
\u201eKaruks istus vangitornis\u2026\u201d: 1980 \u2013 aasta, mis raputas Eestit<\/strong>. Tallinn: Hea Lugu, 2015. 486 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
V\u00f5itlus tuleviku p\u00e4rast. 1933\u20131936: P\u00e4tsi aja r\u00e4\u00e4kimata lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Heliades, 2021. 400 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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