About Yrjö Murto
Lived 1899 – 1963 (aged 64). Yrjö Murto was a Finnish politician.
Yrjö Aleksanteri Murto (24 August 1899 – 17 December 1963) was a Finnish communist politician and trade unionist.
Born to a working-class family, Murto became a saw mill worker, and joined both the Finnish Woodworkers' Union and the Finnish Communist Party (SKP). In 1927, he became president of the union, and in 1930 he briefly served as president of the Finnish Trade Union Federation, to which the union was affiliated. The federation and its affiliates were banned, and Murto moved to the Soviet Union to study at the Lenin School.
Murto returned to Finland in 1935, intending to resume political activity, but he was arrested and imprisoned for seven years. On completing his sentence, he was immediately sent to an internment camp, and was finally released in 1944.
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Who was Yrjö Murto?
Finnish politician
When was Yrjö Murto born?
Yrjö Murto was born on 24 August 1899 in Revonlahti.
When did Yrjö Murto die?
Yrjö Murto died on 17 December 1963 in Helsinki.
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Yrjö Murto was a politician.
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Yrjö Murto was Finnish.
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