Kalle Korhonen
Kalle Korhonen | |
---|---|
Карл Корхонен | |
Member of the Parliament of Finland | |
In office 4 April 1917 – 25 September 1918 | |
Constituency | Oulu Province South |
Personal details | |
Born | Kaarlo Eeronpoika Korhonen (1878-12-27)27 December 1878 Veneheitto, Säräisniemi, Russian Empire |
Died | 11 February 1938(1938-02-11) (aged 59) Karhumäki, Soviet Union |
Political party | Social Democratic Party of Finland |
Occupation | Farmer |
Kaarlo (Kaarle) Eeronpoika Korhonen (Russian: Карл Эрикович Корхонен, romanized: Karl Erikovic Korxonen; 27 December 1878 – 11 February 1938) was a Finnish farmer, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Oulu Province South between April 1917 and September 1918.[1] Korhonen went to Soviet Russia during the Finnish Civil War and was executed there in 1938 during Stalin's Great Purge.
Early life
Korhonen was born on 27[a] December 1878 in Veneheitto in Säräisniemi municipality in central Grand Duchy of Finland.[1][2] After attending public school, he worked as a wheelwright and a labourer.[2] He was a farmer in Säräisniemi.[1]
Politics and civil war
Korhonen joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1902 and was chairman of the party's local branch.[2] He was elected to the Parliament of Finland at the 1916 parliamentary election.[3][4] He was re-elected at the 1917 parliamentary election.[5][6]
During the Finnish Civil War Korhonen was sent to Petrograd as part of a people's delegation.[2] After the Reds were defeated Korhonen remained in Soviet Russia.
Exile and death
Korhonen was chairman of the Airo commune in Kostroma in the Volga region.[2] He was sent to Karelia in June 1920 where he worked as a raftsman on the Sunu river, as a railway guard in Kemi and in the land affairs department of the Uhtua District (Kalevalsky District) administration.[2] He was a manager of financial affairs at a youth school (1923-1930), a director of the financial department of the Uhtua state farm (1930-1933), school director (1932-1936) and a worker of the Municipal Department of the Uhtua District Executive Committee (1936).[2]
Korhonen was a member of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) from 1918 to 1936.[2] With the onset of Stalin's Great Purge, Korhonen was expelled from the party on 26 November 1935 by the Kalevala district committee.[2] He was imprisoned on 30 November 1937 for counter-revolutionary activities and on 21 January 1938 sentenced to death by shooting.[2][7] He was executed on 11 February 1938 in the foothills of Karhumäki (Medvezhyegorsk).[2][7] He was posthumously rehabilitated in September 1988.[2][7]
Personal life
Korhonen was married to Hilma (Hilda) and had an adopted daughter, Silvia Thorstensson.[2][8] Later he married Soviet citizen Anna and lived in Uhtua (Kalevala) in Russian Karelia.[2] They had a son, Taisto.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Another sources give Korhonen's date of birth as 26 December 1878.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Kansanedustajat: Kalle Korhonen" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "KASNTn NKVDn vuosina 1937 - 1938 rankaisemien Suomen Eduskunnan entisten jäsenten luettelo (A - K)". Virallinnen Karjala (in Finnish). Petroskoi, Russia: enäjän FSBn Karjalan Hallinto. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Eduskuntawaalit". Sanantuoja (in Finnish). No. 76. Kuopio, Finland. 13 July 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
- ^ "Ilmoitus". Kaleva (in Finnish). No. 159. Oulu, Finland. 15 July 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
- ^ "Ilmoitus". Kaiku (in Finnish). No. 199. Oulu, Finland. 19 October 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
- ^ "Uuden eduskunnan kokoonpano". Keski-Savo (in Finnish). No. 113. Savonlinna, Finland. 20 October 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
- ^ a b c Lahti-Argutina, Eila (2001). Olimme joukko vieras vaan : venäjänsuomalaiset vainonuhrit Neuvostoliitossa 1930-luvun alusta 1950-luvun alkuun (in Finnish). Turku, Finland: Siirtolaisuusinstituutti. p. 239. ISBN 951-9266-72-0. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
- ^ "Konkurssi- ja velkomisasioita". Virallinen lehti (in Finnish). No. 164. Helsinki, Finland. 8 October 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
- v
- t
- e
- Aakula
- Aalle-Teljo
- Alavirta
- Airola
- Annala
- Aromaa
- Aronen
- Blomqvist
- Eloranta
- Eronen
- Forsten
- Gylling
- Hakala
- Hakkinen
- Hautala
- Herrala
- Hiekkaranta
- Hiltunen
- Hoikka
- Huhtinen
- Huttunen
- A. Huotari
- An. Huotari
- Evert Huttunen
- Jalava
- Jalonen
- Johansson
- A. Jokinen
- V. Jokinen
- Karhinen
- Kiiskinen
- J. Kohonen
- H. Kohonen
- Komu
- Koponen
- Korhonen
- Kujala
- Kurkinen
- Kuusinen
- Laakkonen
- Lapveteläinen
- Latvala
- Lautasalo
- Lehmus
- Lehokas
- Lehtimäki
- Lehtinen
- Lehtosaari
- Leivo
- Lepola
- Leppä
- Leppänen
- Letonmäki
- Lindqvist
- Lonkainen
- Lumivuokko
- Manner
- Marttila
- Murto
- A. Mäkelin
- Y. Mäkelin
- Mäkelä
- Mäki
- Mänty
- Nurminen
- Orasmaa
- Paasonen
- Paasivuori
- Peitsalo
- Perttilä
- Piisinen
- Pohjaväre
- Pohjola
- Pärssinen
- Raitanen
- F. Rantanen
- S. Rantanen
- Rikkonen
- Saarikivi
- Sainio
- Salmi
- Salomaa
- Savolainen-Tapaninen
- Sillanpää
- Sirén
- Sundberg
- Suosalo
- Takala
- Tirkkonen
- Toivonen
- Tokoi
- Tolonen
- Tuomi
- Typpö
- Valjakka
- Valpas
- Vatanen
- Vihersalo
- Virkki
- Väisänen
- Wiik
Italic = Left office before end of term.