Juho (Jussi, J. K.) Kustaa Lehtinen (22 October 1883 – 15 November 1937) was a Finnish journalist and politician, born in Eräjärvi. He was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that ...

from 1916 to 1917, representing the

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(SDP). He participated in the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...

of 1918 on the

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side. After the defeat of the revolutionary forces, Lehtinen fled to

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, where he joined the

Communist Party of Finland The Communist Party of Finland (, SKP; ) was a communist political party in Finland. The SKP was a section of Comintern and illegal in Finland until 1944. The SKP was banned by the state from its founding and did not participate in any elec ...

(SKP), founded in

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by political exiles on 29 August 1918. Lehtinen stayed in the

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and found work as a teacher in the

Communist University of the National Minorities of the West The Communist University of the National Minorities of the West (KUNMZ – ''Kommunistichesky Universitet Natsionalnykh Menshinstv Zapada''; КУНМЗ - Коммунистический университет национальных меньши ...

. He perished in the

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in 1937.

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1883 births 1937 deaths People from Orivesi People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Communist Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–1917) Finnish journalists People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) Finnish exiles Great Purge victims from Finland {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub