Olga Lauristin

Olga Lauristin (née Künnapuu; 28 April 1903 Kolga Parish (now Kuusalu Parish), Kreis Harrien – 25 June 2005 ) was a Soviet Estonian politician and collaborator.

Early life Olga Künnapuu's father, Anton Künnapuu, was a schoolmaster. In 1919, her father, who held left wing views, died after an accident with a truck. He fought with the Russian Soviets during the Estonian War of Independence. During the spring of 1921, she met local communists Jaan Kreuks and Vilhelmine Klementi and began to organise youth cells for the communist party.

During the Soviet evacuation of Tallinn in August 1941, she was evacuated to Russia and her husband died on a ship to Leningrad in August 1941 that struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland.