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Karl Kark (22 December 1884 – 1 December 1924) was an Estonian civil engineer and politician. In 1924 he was Minister of Transportation. On the morning of 1 December 1924, Kark was assassinated by gunshot by communist insurgents at the Tallinn Baltic Station during the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt. He was buried in Tallinn's Vana-Kaarli Cemetery, within the larger Siselinna Cemetery.