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Aleksander Kask

Estonian politician (1885–1950)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ12358684 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aleksander Kask (29 November 1885 – 24 January 1950) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of Estonian National Assembly.

He was born in Lohusuu Municipality, Tartu County.

Editorial summary

“Aleksander Kask” enters the record as estonian politician (1885–1950). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aleksander, Kask and Estonian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1885, 1950—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1885-11-29. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Aleksander, Kask and Estonian.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Aleksander Kask” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Aleksander, Kask and Estonian provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12358684. VIAF identifies the subject as 4152149544591900490002. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1885 and 1950.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Aleksander Kask” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.