About Juho Viitasaari
Lived 1891 – 1920 (aged 29). Juho Viitasaari was a Finnish politician.
Juho Theodor Viitasaari (30 January 1891 – 31 August 1920) was a Finnish communist activist and a Helsinki-based baker. Born in Orivesi, Viitasaari was one of the founders of the Finnish Communist Party in 1918. He was a Red Guard officer in Saint Petersburg in 1920.
Viitasaari was one of the victims of the Kuusinen Club Incident in Saint Petersburg in 1920 when radical Finnish communists killed eight members of the Communist Party in a power struggle.
Viitasaari is buried at the Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution on the Field of Mars in Saint Petersburg and his name is found on the grave of August Communards.
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Who was Juho Viitasaari?
Finnish politician
When was Juho Viitasaari born?
Juho Viitasaari was born on 30 January 1891.
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Juho Viitasaari died on 31 August 1920.
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Juho Viitasaari was a politician.
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Juho Viitasaari was Finnish.
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