Korporatsioon Vironia
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Korporatsioon Vironia | |
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Riga Polytechnical Institute | |
Type | Estonian Academic Corporation |
Affiliation | EKL |
Status | Active |
Scope | International |
Motto | Ühisus, kindlus, ausus "Unity, fortitude, honesty" |
Colors | Violet, Black, and White |
Flag | ![]() |
Publication | Õllevikk |
Chapters | 3 |
Colonies | 1 |
Members | 600 lifetime |
Headquarters | Lai 30 Tartu 51005 Estonia |
Website | www |
Korporatsioon Vironia (abbreviated korp! Vironia or C!V!) is an
History
Vironia was officially founded at the
After a brief evacuation to Moscow during World War I in 1915 and a short return to Riga in 1918, Vironia entered the Estonian War of Independence in corpore. 6 of its members died in the war and one died of war injuries after the war. It was reactivated in Tartu, Estonia in 1920 and opened a second chapter in Tallinn in 1936.
After being banned following the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states in 1940, it opened 8 colonies abroad in 6 Western countries and there was also unofficial activity in Venezuela. Underground activity in occupied Estonia was restored in the 1960s and the chapters in Tallinn and Tartu were legally restored in 1989.
Today, Vironia has more than 550 members worldwide, being among the biggest Estonian student organizations. Active chapters are in Tallinn and Tartu in Estonia, Toronto, and the US West Coast.
Foreign relations
Vironia retains good relations with all non-
- Arkonia (1879, Polish, currently in Warsaw)
- Baltic Russian, separate colony in Tartu)
- Selonija (1880, Latvian)
- Welecja (1883, Polish, currently in Warsaw)
- Talavija (1900, Latvian)
Of these, Vironia also has cartel agreements with Welecja (signed 1936) and Fraternitas Arctica (signed 2010). Vironia has also signed cartel agreements with the
Chapters
- West Coast United States, colony
Notable members
Academia
- Karl Ipsberg – Rector of the Special Engineering Courses, Tallinn University of Technology
- Rector of the University of Tartu
- Edgar V. Saks – Historian and author, Estonian exile government's minister of education i
- Jaan Unt – Philologist and translator
Art and architecture
- Ernst Enno – Poet and writer
- Boris Kõrver – Composer and musician
- Edgar Johan Kuusik– Architect
- Roman Toi – Composer, conductor, and organist
Business
- Eduard Aule – President of the Bank of Estonia
- Oskar Kerson – President of the Bank of Estonia in Exile (1968–1980)
- Peter Leoke – Publisher
- Harry Männil – Businessman and cultural benefactor
- Märten Ross – Deputy President of the Bank of Estonia
- Artur Uibopuu – President of the Bank of Estonia
Military
- Cavalry regiments of the Estonian Ground Force in the War of Independence(1918-1919)
Politics
- Oskar Amberg – Minister of Labour and Welfare, Minister of War, Minister of Roads, and Member of Parliament
- Eduard Aule – Minister of Nutrition and Member of Parliament
- Karl Ipsberg – Minister of Roads, Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Member of Parliament
- Hugo Kaho – Member of Parliament
- Kalev Kallemets – Member of Parliament
- Juhan Kalm – Member of Parliament
- August Kerem – Deputy State Elder, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Roads, Minister of Defense
- in Exile, Deputy Prime Minister in Exile, Minister of Agriculture in Exile, Acting Minister of War in Exile, and Member of Parliament
- MPof Sweden
- Juhan Kurvits – Member of Parliament
- Peeter Kurvits – Minister of Economic Affairs, II Deputy President of the Riigikogu, and Member of Parliament
- Viktor Päts – Member of Parliament
- Jaan Mägi – Member of Parliament
- Jaan Raudsepp – Minister of Roads
- Villem Reinok – Member of Parliament
- Juhan Ross – Member of Parliament
- Edgar V. Saks – Minister of Education in Exile
- Karl Selter – Minister of Economic Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Member of Parliament
- Leo Sepp – Minister of Monetary Affairs and Minister of Economic Affairs
- Johan Sihver – Member of Parliament
- Edgar Sulg – Member of Parliament
- Anton Teetsov – Minister of Monetary Affairs
- Artur Uibopuu – Member of Parliament
- State Elder, Minister of Monetary Affairs, and Minister of Commerce-Industry
- Nikolai Viitak – Minister of Roads and Member of Parliament
See also
References
- Richard Kleis (ed.): Eesti entsüklopeedia , Vol. 4, Loodus, Tartu 1932, p. 1085.
- Raimo Pullat, Tõnis Liibek: In search of one's own alma mater. Engineers and architects from Estonia who studied at technical universities in Europe before the Second World War. KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe 2022. p. 109.
- Anton-Heinz Schmidt: The educational expansion in the countries and territories of the former Danube Monarchy that no longer belong to Austria. Aigen-Voglhub 1996, p. 258.
- Ajalugu (history). Retrieved 24 January 2024 (Estonian).
- Linda Raun: The Estonians . Human Relations Area Files, New Haven 1955. P. 151.
- Tiina Metso: German Influence on Estonian and Baltic German Corps Traditions in Tartu , in: Acta Historica Tallinensia 8, Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus, Tallinn 2004. pp. 20-36, here: pp. 29-31.
- Michael Doeberl et al. (eds.): Academic Germany. Volume 2: The German Universities and their Academic Citizens . CA Weller, Berlin 1931. P. 201.
- Tobias Mayr: Student fraternities: studies, honor, beer drinking for the Baltic States . In: Der Standard , 28 April 2016.