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border at east and 365 km of Latvia border at south. During period of 1923â1939 the Border Guard exposed 4,491 cases of smuggling and caught 4,651 illegal border crossers. While subordinate to the
Minister of Internal Affairs, border guards were all professional military personnel. General
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Kurvits married with his wife Anna Ariva on 26 December 1917. They had three daughters. After
Kurvits became head of the border guard, his family moved to Tallinn, where they lived up to Soviet Occupation period. The home farm at Mihkli-Aadu remained the family's summer home.
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Estonian national units, Kurvits was assigned to the 1st Estonian Infantry Regiment on 8 July 1917, first as company and later as battalion commander. In February 1918, he was promoted to the rank of
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and aide to the commander of the 1st division. After the end of the war, Kurvits served as commander of the 2nd and later the 7th infantry regiments until his retirement in
October 1921.
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During his lifetime
Kurvits received numerous awards from
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and later became the founder and long-time leader of the
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In May 2012, a new multi-purpose ship of the Estonian
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199:, where he studied law until the breakout of
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715:Recipients of the Cross of Liberty (Estonia)
392:(PVL-101), was named after General Kurvits.
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151:military commander, reaching rank of
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372:Cross of Liberty 1st grade 2nd class
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486:Kaevats, Ălo; et al. (2000).
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571:"Eesti piirivalve 1918â1940"
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79:Imperial Russian Army
37:General Ants Kurvits
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390:EML Kindral Kurvits
326:After the start of
197:University of Tartu
627:Political offices
581:on 18 January 2013
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675:1943 deaths
670:1887 births
201:World War I
117:World War I
46:14 May 1887
664:Categories
652:Jaan Soots
497:9985700643
422:References
374:, Russian
171:Early life
59:Allegiance
458:Postimees
203:in 1914.
132:See below
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555:26 March
522:26 March
468:25 March
405:See also
149:Estonian
73:Service/
364:Finland
352:Estonia
304:Finland
292:colonel
253:Petseri
229:company
187:of the
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368:Poland
360:Latvia
346:Honors
315:Soviet
308:Poland
300:Latvia
274:, 1939
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225:ensign
207:Career
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322:Death
261:Narva
614:2013
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492:ISBN
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