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Piip played a key role in internationalising the independence aspirations of Estonia during the Paris Peace Conference following World War I.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 February 1884","date":"1884-02-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887682#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Tuhalaane","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7851688"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887682#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1 October 1942","date":"1942-10-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887682#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Perm Oblast","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846866"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887682#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Russian 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