Paul Lill

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Estonian military personnel and politician (1882-1942)

PoliticiansLived 1882 to 1942 · aged 60

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Fame36.4

MomentumNot measured

Languages7

In century#190,033

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 13

Cross of Liberty

1st Class of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Estonian Red Cross Order Second Class

Cross of the Order of Lāčplēšis, 2nd class

Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars

Order of Saint Anna

Order of Saint Stanislaus

Order of the Cross of the Eagle

Order of the Estonian Red Cross

Order of Lāčplēsis

Order of the Three Stars

Order of the White Rose of Finland

Connected to Paul 6

Aleksander TõnissonAlso won 1st Class of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle

Fabian TammAlso won Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars

Ants KurvitsAlso won Order of the White Rose of Finland

Kaarlo KivekäsAlso won Cross of the Order of Lāčplēšis, 2nd class

Mati RaidmaAlso won Order of the Cross of the Eagle

Rada BorićAlso won Order of the White Rose of Finland

About this person

Paul-Adolf Lill was an Estonian military officer and Minister of War. He served in the Imperial Russian Army, participating in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. Lill joined the Estonian Army during the 1918-1920 Estonian War of Independence, and held important staff positions. After the war he continued military service, holding posts of Chief of Staff of the Estonian Defence Forces, Undersecretary of the Minister of War, and from 1933 to 1939 Minister of War, reaching the rank of lieutenant general. With the onset of Soviet occupation, he was arrested by NKVD in 1941, and died in imprisonment the following year.