Armas Äikiä (1904–1965) was a Finnish
communist
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writer
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and
journalist
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. He wrote the
Anthem of Karelo-Finnish SSR.
In Finland, when the
Communist Party was banned, he spent the years 1927–1928 and 1930–1935 in prison, where he wrote defiant poems.
Freed with a
conditional release
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in 1935, he fled across the border to the Soviet Union, which led to the loss of his Finnish citizenship.
During the
Winter War
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, Äikiä served as Minister of Agriculture for the short-lived
Finnish Democratic Republic
The Finnish Democratic Republic ( or ''Suomen kansantasavalta'', , Russian: ''Финляндская Демократическая Республика''), also known as the Terijoki Government (), was a short-lived puppet government of the Sov ...
. He had several collection of poems published in the Soviet Union. He returned to Finland in 1947, but having lost his citizenship could not participate in politics, working as a reporter instead.
Äikiä's funeral took place at
Malmi Cemetery in Helsinki under tight police protection, attended by leaders of the party
Aimo Aaltonen
Aimo Anshelm Aaltonen (10 December 1906 – 21 September 1987) was a Finnish construction worker, carpenter, and politician.
Biography
Aaltonen was born in Pargas and was the middle of 3 sons, and had multiple jobs by the time he was ten, and ...
,
Ville Pessi and president
Urho Kekkonen
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. Äikiä is buried in a communal grave of
Finnish Communist Party
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The SKP was banned by the state from its founding and did not participate in any elec ...
members.
Bibliography of works
*''Vallankumousrunoja'', 1928 (anthology with other writers)
*''Kaksi Soturia'', 1941 (published in Petroskoi, U.S.S.R.)
*''Laulu Kotkasta'', 1941 (published in Petroskoi)
*''Tulikehässä'', 1943 (published in Petroskoi)
*''Iskelmiä'', 1943 (published in Petroskoi)
*''Kalterilyyra'', 1945 (published in Petroskoi)
*''Tulikantele'', 1947 (published in Petroskoi)
*''Henkipatto'', 1948 (published in Finland by Kansankulttuuri)
*''Kolmas Tie'', 1948
*''Vladimir Majakovski'', 1950
*''Lotta Hilpeläinen'', 1952 (as Viljo Veijo)
*''Sinisten Silmien Tähden'', 1952 (as Viljo Veijo)
*''Tänään ja Vuonna 1965'', 1959
*''Laulaja Tulvoren Juurella'', 1962
*''Stihotvorenija'', 1963
See also
References
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1904 births
1965 deaths
People from Priozersky District
People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Communist Party of Finland politicians
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First convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic people
Finnish male poets
Communist writers
Finnish expatriates in the Soviet Union
20th-century Finnish poets
People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union
Date of birth missing
Date of death missing
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