Aino Kuusinen

Aino Kuusinen
1965
1965
BornAino Maria Turtiainen
(1886-03-05)5 March 1886
Savonranta, Grand Duchy of Finland[1]
Died1 September 1970(1970-09-01) (aged 84)
NationalityFinnish
SpouseOtto Wille Kuusinen
RelativesToivo Turtiainen (brother)

Aino Maria Kuusinen (née Turtiainen, subsequently Sarola; 5 March 1886 – 1 September 1970) was a Finnish Communist who worked for Comintern around the world in the 1930s, and was imprisoned in the gulag before she escaped to the West. Aino Kuusinen was Otto Wille Kuusinen's second wife.

  1. ^ Aino Kuusisen paikallisjuuret löytyvät Savonrannalta. Savonranta 2/2013, pp. 12–14. (In Finnish.)