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Otto Wille Kuusinen

1881–1964 · 20th century

Otto Wille Kuusinen was a Finnish communist who fled to Soviet Russia after the Finnish Civil War of 1918 and became a leading figure of the Comintern. During the Winter War of 1939 Stalin made him head of the puppet Finnish Democratic Republic at Terijoki. He then chaired the Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR and later served in the Soviet Presidium.

Otto Wille Kuusinen
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Finnish Democratic RepublicKarelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Otto Wille Kuusinen. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/otto-wille-kuusinen
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