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Aleksander Prass

Estonian politician (1879-1932)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ106204349 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aleksander Prass (7 February 1891 Kohila Parish, Kreis Harrien – 17 October 1932 Tallinn) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu. He was a member of the Riigikogu since 15 November 1921. He replaced Jüri Reinthal.

Editorial summary

“Aleksander Prass” enters the record as estonian politician (1879-1932). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aleksander, Prass and Estonian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891, 1932, 1921—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Aleksander, Prass and Estonian.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Aleksander Prass” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Aleksander, Prass 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 Q106204349. The first chronological checks are 1891, 1932 and 1921.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

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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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  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Aleksander Prass” 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.