Ülo Adamson
Ülo Adamson (21 April 1931 – 6 April 2021) was an Estonian resistance fighter.
Adamson was born on 21 April 1931, in Varstu Parish (now part of present-day Rõuge Parish) in Võru County, Estonia to Rudolf and Helmi Adomson.[1]
Imprisonment
Adamson was arrested by the NKVD as a 10th grade student at Võru Secondary School No. 1 on 9 December 1949, and on 13 September 1950, was sentenced to 25 years of forced labor in the Karaganda Region by a special meeting of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR ("Troika"). Adamson was released from prison on 8 June 1956.[1]
He was a leader of the underground organization named after Julius Kuperjanov during the Soviet era.[2]
Death
Adamson died on 6 April 2021, in Ööbiku Farm.
Medals
- 2008, 5th class Order of the National Coat of Arms (by the decision of the President of the Republic of 6 February 2008)[3]
- 2010, Lieutenant Kuperjanov's Merit (given by the Julius Kuperjanov Society)[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ülo Adamson". Eesti Kommunismiohvrid 1940–1991 (in eesti). 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ↑ Aarop, Kalju (2002). "Salajane Kuperjanovlaste organisatsioon". Kultuur ja Elu (in eesti). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ↑ "Tänavuste teenetemärkide saajate nimekiri". Delfi (in eesti). 6 February 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ↑ ""Esimesed viis Kuperjanovi ordenit anti kätte"". Vaba Eesti Sõna (Free Estonian Word).
Bibliography
- Piirimäe, Helmut (1993). Eesti koolinoored vabadusvõitluses (in eesti). Tartu, Estonia: Eesti Rahvuslik Erakond. ISBN 9789949805143. Search this book on
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