People from Parnu - Friedrich Martens, Indrek Zelinski, Sergei Zenjov, Raio Piiroja, Asso Kommer, Marko Matvere, Boris Meissner (Paperback)

Chapters: Friedrich Martens, Indrek Zelinski, Sergei Zenjov, Raio Piiroja, Asso Kommer, Marko Matvere, Boris Meissner, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Julius Otto Grimm, Igor Prins, Kert Kutt, Marek Lemsalu, Kaire Vilgats, Kulli Tomingas, Juri Tamm, Eduard Ratnikov, Taavi Rahn, Sergei Terehhov, August Sang, Sergei Ratnikov, Andreas Ascharin, Teet Allas, Sergei Hohlov-Simson, Sergei Mo nikov, Seppo Vilderson, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Raivo Jarvi, Taimo Toomast, Andrus Mitt, Lagle Parek, Raul Malk, Andrei Mazurkevit, Juri Mois. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 95. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Friedrich Fromhold Martens, or Friedrich Fromhold von Martens, also known as Fyodor Fyodorovich Martens ( ) in Russian and Frederic Frommhold (de) Martens in French (27 August 1845 20 June 1909) was a diplomat and jurist in service of the Russian Empire who made important contributions to the science of international law. He represented Russia at the Hague Peace Conference, (during which he drafted the Martens Clause), and helped to settle the first cases of international arbitration, notably the dispute between France and Great Britain over Newfoundland. As a scholar, he is probably best remembered today for having edited 15 volumes of Russian international treaties (1874-1909). Friedrich Martens Death Notice, published on June 08 1909"Professor Martens, Professor of International Law at the Saint Petersburg University, a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has died according to the telegram at the Valga train station on June 7. The deceased was an ethnic Estonian.Born to ethnic Estonian parents at Pernau (now Parnu) in the Governorate of Livonia of Russian Empire, Martens was later raised and educated as a German-speaker. He lost both parents at the age of nine and was sent to a Lutheran o...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1214871