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Juhan Tõrvand
Estonian military personnel
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 sports figure.[1]
In 1906 he graduated from Vilnius Military School and after that in General Staff Academy. He participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War in the White Army. In 1920 he returned to Estonia. Since 1925 he was Chief of Staff of Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces.[1]
He was also active in Estonian sport life. From 1927 until 1935, he was the head of the Estonian Sports Association Kalev.[1]