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==Early life and training==
Oskar Kuul was born in the Estonian settlement of {{ill|Lileika|ru|Лилейка}} near [[Omsk]] in [[Siberia]]. He served in the Red Army during the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Second World War]]. In 1945, he was an [[People's Commissariat for State Security|NKGB]] agent in Narva. From 1946 to 1949, he worked as a [[Komsomol]] leader in [[Lihula]] and [[Haapsalu]]. From 1949 to 1951, he studied at the [[KGB]] Officers' School in [[Vilnius]], and he then worked in the KGB of the [[Estonian SSR]], from which he was sent to the active reserve in 1955 with the rank of senior lieutenant.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pihlau |first1=Jaak |title=Eestlaste põgenemised Läände: ärahüppajad III |journal=Tuna |date=2003 |issue=3 |pages=78–88 |url=http://www.arhiiv.ee/public/TUNA/Artiklid_Biblio/PihlauJaak_Eestlaste_pogenemised_III_TUNA2003_3.pdf |access-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-date=November 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126003434/http://www.arhiiv.ee/public/TUNA/Artiklid_Biblio/PihlauJaak_Eestlaste_pogenemised_III_TUNA2003_3.pdf |
==Career==
From December 22, 1955, to July 20, 1990, Kuul was the chairman of the [[Kirov Collective Fishing Farm]].<ref name="Obit"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Kuidas peatada ärastamist? |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=harjueluensv19920609.2.7&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Harju Elu |issue=40 |date=June 9, 1992 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Baltic States Can't Forget They Once Were Free |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-oskar-kuul-1924-1992/144214360/ |work=The Gazette |date=October 8, 1980 |location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |page=7 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="Mik">{{cite news |last1=Mik |first1=Alar |title=Kolhoosijuhi skulptuuri tegi Seaküla Simson |url=https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/69199851/kolhoosijuhi-skulptuuri-tegi-seakula-simson |date=October 9, 2008 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Eesti ekspress}}</ref>
==Awards and recognitions==
Kuul received many awards of the USSR, the most important of which were the Gold Star of the [[Hero of Socialist Labour|Hero of Socialist Labor]] (1980)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murumets |first1=Jaan |title=Kombainipäev: kasu kõigile |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=harjueluensv19870801.2.3&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=Harju Elu |issue=91 |date=August 1, 1987 |page=1}}</ref> and two [[Order of Lenin|Orders of Lenin]]. In 1987, he was awarded the [[USSR State Prize]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liiva |first1=Tõnu |title=Ühest tonnist jäätmetest üheksa tonni šampooni |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=leninliklipp19871209.2.11&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=Leninlik Lipp |issue=235 |date=December 9, 1987 |page=3}}</ref>
==Legacy==
A monument dedicated to Kuul by the sculptor {{ill|Aivar Simson|lt=Seaküla Simson|et|Aivar Simson}} was installed in [[Haabneeme]] in [[Viimsi Parish]] in 2008.<ref name="Mik"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Aegade side: Simson von Seakyli skulptuur "O.
==References==
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