og u . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁career ▁Adams ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁T art u ▁Dist ance ▁Learning ▁Second ary ▁School ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁studied ▁mathematics ▁at ▁Moscow ▁State ▁University ▁and ▁phil ology ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁T art u . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁Lu ua ▁M ets and usk ool ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁forest ry ▁mach in ery ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁ ▁Adams ▁has ▁worked , ▁among ▁other ▁things , ▁as ▁a ▁teacher , ▁forest ▁w arden ▁and ▁bo iler - maker . ▁ ▁Political ▁career ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁time ▁before ▁Est onia ▁reg ained ▁its ▁independence , ▁Adams ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁Est onian ▁resistance ▁movement ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁under ground ▁in ▁the ▁free ▁press . ▁Among ▁other ▁things , ▁he ▁translated ▁the ▁secret ▁protocol s ▁of ▁the ▁Mol ot ov – R ib b ent rop ▁P act ▁into ▁Est onian . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁he ▁founded ▁the ▁magazine ▁" Add itions ▁to ▁the ▁Fre edom ▁of ▁Th ought s ▁and ▁News ▁in ▁Est onia ". ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Adams ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁the ▁program ▁and ▁articles ▁of ▁association ▁of ▁the ▁Est onian ▁National ▁Independ ence ▁Party , ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁vice ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁party . ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁vice ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Est onian ▁Congress . ▁ ▁Adams ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution al ▁Assembly