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Vladimir-Georg Karasjov-Orgusaar
December 14, 1931 – January 27, 2015 · aged 83 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Vladimir-Georg Karasjov-Orgusaar (born Vladimir-Georg-Julian Orgusaar, from 1953 to 1976 Vladimir Karasjov; December 14, 1931 – January 27, 2015) was an Estonian film director. Georg Karasjov-Orgusaar was born in Tallinn. He studied history and literature at the Tomsk University and cinematography at the Moscow All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. In the Estonian SSR, he produced a number of documentary films. His trilogy on Soviet history consists of films "Precursor" (Estonian: "Eelkäija", 1967) on Viktor Kingissepp, "Solstice" ("Pööripäev", 1968) on June 1940 'revolution' in Estonia, a central myth of Soviet mythology in Estonia, and "Commander" ("Väejuht", 1968) on August Kork, …
