Jüri Kukk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jüri Kukk

Estonian chemist

Date of Birth: 01-May-1940

Place of Birth: Pärnu, Pärnu County, Estonia

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1981

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jüri Kukk (May 1, 1940 – March 27, 1981 , Russia) was an Estonian professor of chemistry, a political prisoner, who died in the Soviet labor camp at Vologda after several months of being on hunger strike and psychiatric treatments.Kukk was born in Pärnu.
He resigned from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1978 and was subsequently fired from the post of associate professor of chemistry at Tartu University.
He was also refused permission to emigrate.Jüri Kukk was arrested in February 1980 "for distribution of anti-Soviet Propaganda".