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Karl Vaino | |
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 Vaino in 1987 | |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia | |
| In office 26 July 1978 – 16 June 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Johannes Käbin |
| Succeeded by | Vaino Väljas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1923 Tomsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 12 February 2022 (aged 98)[1] Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Federal Military Memorial Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Soviet and Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1989) |
| Relations | Anton Vaino (grandson) |
| Alma mater | Omsk State Transport University |
Karl Genrikhovich Vaino (Estonian: Karl Vaino; Russian: Карл Генрихович Вайно; alias Kirill Voinov;[2] 28 May 1923 – 12 February 2022) was a Russian-born Soviet politician in Soviet-occupied Estonia. In 1978–1988 he was the formal leader of the Communist Party of the Estonian SSR.[3]
- ^ Вайно Карл Генрихович (in Russian)
- ^ Romuald J. Misuanas ja Rein Taagepera, Years of Dependence. p. 198 ("Käbin's successor Karl Vaino (born in Tomsk, Siberia) initially came to Estonia in 1947, apparently carrying the Russian name Kirill Voinov")
- ^ "Vaino, Karl". Estonica.org.