Nikolai Helk [SEP] place of death
Nikolai Helk
Nikolai Helk (25 February 1886 in Laiuse Kirikuküla, Jõgeva Parish – 14 May 1941 in Tallinn) was an Estonian Major General Judge Advocate and President of the Supreme Military Tribunal between 1935 and 1940. He was executed by the Soviet occupation forces on 14 May 1941.
the Mother of God; ) built in 1864. Important Estonian diplomat and politician Jaan Poska (1866–1920) was born in the house of local sacristan next to the church. Estonian military commander Nikolai Helk (1886–1941) was later born in the same house.
Orthodox cemetery was established already in 1861.