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Tuulepealne maa

Estonian television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ3741239 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tuulepealne maa ("Windward Land") is a twelve-part Estonian television mini-series about the pre-World War II history of Estonia, its birth as a country, the Estonian War of Independence, post-war life throughout 1920 up to 1941 and World War II.

The series first aired on 9 October 2008 on Estonia's ETV. Each episode runs at approximately 55 minutes. The show was created by Mihkel Ulman and historian Lauri Vahtre, the series is produced by Raivo Suviste and directed by Ain Prosa. DVD was released in the April 2009. But the last part "Not a War for Young Men" aired on 24 February 2013.

The last post-finale episode of the series, "Ei ole sõda noortele meestele", was released on February 24, 2013, commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Estonian Declaration of Independence.

Plot

The main characters in the series are a Lääne County-native Toomas Roo (Kaljujärv), who is to start his studies in Tallinn, and Indrek Kallaste (Avandi), a son of wealth, who studies at the same school as Toomas. The series plot follows the lives of the two young men as they witness the birth of the Estonian Republic, fight in the Estonian War of Independence and live through the first period of independence up to the World War II.

The show also features historic characters, such as Konstantin Päts and Johan Laidoner, the Estonian Declaration of Independence and other major events.

The final episode of the series, "Ei ole sõda noortele meestele", takes place during the German occupation in autumn of 1943. It follows Siim Pärtel, the nephew of Toomas Roo, as he and his friends try to evade conscription into the Estonian Legion.

Episodes

Part one – Üheks päevaks iseseisvust (Independence for a Day)

Part two – Koolipingist rindele (From Schooldesk to a Battlefield)

Part three – Sõda on sõda (War Is War)

Part four – Quo Vadis?

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Tuulepealne maa” is estonian television series. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Tuulepealne, Estonian and television, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1920, 1941, 2008, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Tuulepealne, Estonian and television is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Tuulepealne maa” 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.