Arnold Sommerling
Arnold Sommerling (23 July 1898 Tallinn – 5 December 1924 Nehatu Parish, Harju County) was an Estonian Communist politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu, representing the Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions. He was a member of the Riigikogu since 15 March 1922. He replaced Jaan Leeto. On 28 March 1922, he resigned his position and he was replaced by Jaak Jakobson.[1] In May 1922, he was arrested on sedition charges, for which he was given a prison sentence, but shortly afterwards he was extradited to the Soviet Union as part of an exchange of prisoners. He came back to Estonia illegally in 1924 and participated in the preparations of the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt. After the failure of the coup attempt, Sommerling was shot by Estonian police officers on 5 December 1924 while resisting arrest.
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- ^ "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- 1898 births
- 1924 deaths
- Politicians from Tallinn
- People from Kreis Harrien
- Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions politicians
- Communist Party of Estonia politicians
- Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- People convicted of sedition
- Prisoners and detainees of Estonia
- Estonian emigrants to the Soviet Union
- People shot dead by law enforcement officers in Estonia