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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. 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 December 1878 in Veneheitto in Säräisniemi municipality in central Grand Duchy of Finland. After attending public school, he worked as a wheelwright and a labourer. He was a farmer in Säräisniemi.

Politics and civil war

Korhonen joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1902 and was chairman of the party's local branch. He was elected to the Parliament of Finland at the 1916 parliamentary election. He was re-elected at the 1917 parliamentary election.

During the Finnish Civil War Korhonen was sent to Petrograd as part of a people's delegation. 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. 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. 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).

Korhonen was a member of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) from 1918 to 1936. With the onset of Stalin's Great Purge, Korhonen was expelled from the party on 26 November 1935 by the Kalevala district committee. He was imprisoned on 30 November 1937 for counter-revolutionary activities and on 21 January 1938 sentenced to death by shooting. He was executed on 11 February 1938 in the foothills of Karhumäki (Medvezhyegorsk). He was posthumously rehabilitated in September 1988.

Personal life

Korhonen was married to Hilma (Hilda) and had an adopted daughter, Silvia Thorstensson. Later he married Soviet citizen Anna and lived in Uhtua (Kalevala) in Russian Karelia. They had a son, Taisto.

See also

• List of Finnish MPs imprisoned for political reasons

Notes

1. Another sources give Korhonen's date of birth as 26 December 1878.

References

1. ^ "Kansanedustajat: Kalle Korhonen" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
2. ^ "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.
3. "Eduskuntawaalit". Sanantuoja (in Finnish). No. 76. Kuopio, Finland. 13 July 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
4. "Ilmoitus". Kaleva (in Finnish). No. 159. Oulu, Finland. 15 July 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
5. "Ilmoitus". Kaiku (in Finnish). No. 199. Oulu, Finland. 19 October 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
6. "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.
7. ^ 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.
8. "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.

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