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Karl Vaino
Karl Genrikhovich Vaino (Estonian: Karl Vaino; Russian: Карл Генрихович Вайно; aliasKirill Voinov; 28 May 1923 – 12 February 2022) was a Russian-born Soviet politician in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia from 1978 to 1988.