Juhan Tõrvand

Juhan Tõrvand (25 November 1883 Laatre Parish (now Mulgi Parish), Kreis Wolmar – 12 May 1942 Verkhnekamsky District, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian military Major General and sportsman.^[1]

Juhan Tõrvand

In 1906, he graduated from Vilnius Military School, from which he proceeded to the General Staff Academy. He participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War in the White Army. In 1920 he returned to Estonia. In 1925, he became Chief of Staff of the Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces.^[1]

He was also active in Estonian sporting life. From 1927 until 1935, he was the head of the Estonian Sports Association Kalev.^[1]

Death

Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Tõrvand and his family were arrested during the June deportations on 14 June 1941. Tõrvand was convicted by a tribunal and placed within the gulag camp system. He died of pneumonia on 12 May 1942 in Vyatlag camp in Kirov Oblast.^[1]

Awards

• 1933: Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class I.^[2]