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Otto Wille Kuusinen

1881 - 1964

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Otto Wilhelm "Wille" Kuusinen (Finnish: [ˈotːo ˈʋilːe ˈkuːsinen] ; Russian: О́тто Вильге́льмович Ку́усинен, romanized: Otto Vilgelmovich Kuusinen; 4 October 1881 – 17 May 1964) was a Finnish-born Soviet politician, literary historian, and poet. After the defeat of the Reds in the Finnish Civil War, he fled to the Soviet Union, where he worked until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Wille Kuusinen is the 3,457th most popular politician (down from 3,182nd in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 31st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Finnish Politician.

Otto Wille Kuusinen was a Finnish politician who helped found the Finnish Communist Party. He was also the first Prime Minister of Finland after the country gained independence in 1917.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto Wille Kuusinen ranks 3,457 out of 19,576Before him are Sajida Talfah, Fujiko Fujio, Harald Quandt, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator, and Causantín mac Cináeda. After him are Duke of Zhou, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Pál Teleki, Louis-Jules Trochu, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Fumimaro Konoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Otto Wille Kuusinen ranks 43Before him are George Enescu, Maximilian von Weichs, King Oliver, François Darlan, Natalia Goncharova, and Theodore von Kármán. After him are Ivan Ribar, Henry Maitland Wilson, Otto Bauer, Carlo Carrà, Sveinn Björnsson, and Emil Ludwig. Among people deceased in 1964, Otto Wille Kuusinen ranks 27Before him are Alvin York, Alexander Archipenko, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Otto Grotewohl, Giorgio Morandi, and Alexandre Koyré. After him are Henry Maitland Wilson, Paulino Alcántara, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Emilio Aguinaldo, Ernst Kretschmer, and Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Otto Wille Kuusinen ranks 32 out of 751Before him are Kyösti Kallio (1873), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Linus Torvalds (1969), Lars Ahlfors (1907), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), and George Gaynes (1917). After him are Mika Häkkinen (1968), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), and Albert Edelfelt (1854).

Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Otto Wille Kuusinen ranks 11Before him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kyösti Kallio (1873), and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865). After him are Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), Antti Aarne (1867), Alexander Stubb (1968), Aimo Cajander (1879), and Tapio Wirkkala (1915).