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Tuure Lehén

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Tuure Valdemar Lehén (April 28, 1893 in Jämsänkoski – October 12, 1976 in Helsinki) was a prominent Finnish communist and later Finnish-Soviet politician as well as a philosopher, journalist and historian.

initially, in 1913–18 as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, and since 1918 as a member of the Communist Party of Finland.

He served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the People's Provisional Government unsuccessfully orchestrated by the Soviet Union for Finland in December 1939.[1] He was also the first rector (1940–41) of Karelo-Finnish, now Petrozavodsk State University.[2]

He first came to prominence by writing texts on mob fighting and strike tactics, and in 1926 married Hertta Kuusinen. After World War II he became a general in the Red Army.[3] Lehén also fought in the Spanish Civil War.[4]

Works

  • The Road to Victory (originally Der Weg zum Sieg ; pseudonym Alfred Langer). Published in German in 1926, in Finnish in 1928 and 1932.
  • Working Class Worldview: Lectures on Dialectical Materialism. 2nd edition 1950. Helsinki: Kansankulttuuri, 1950.
  • Communism and Christianity. 2nd edition 1953. Helsinki: Kansankulttuuri, 1951.
  • Nation and State: Lectures on the Basics of Marxist Political Science. Helsinki: Folk Culture, 1952.
  • Working Class Worldview: Lectures on Dialectical Materialism. 3rd revised and supplemented edition. Kotka: [sn], 1959.
  • Working Class Worldview: Lectures on Dialectical Materialism. 4th edition. Helsinki: Folk Culture, 1962.
  • Materialists and Idealists: An Exploration of the History of Philosophy . Helsinki: Folk Culture, 1964.
  • Working Class Worldview: Lectures on Dialectical Materialism. Labor Movement Nonfiction, Pocket Set. 5th edition. - 6th edition 1972. - 7th edition 1976. Helsinki: Kansankulttuuri, 1971.
  • Coup Fooling 1948. Folk culture 1948.
  • Nation and State (Soviet Marxism)
  • War of the Reds and Whites. Folk culture 1967

References

  1. ^ "Declaration by Finish Red Regime; A UNIT OF FINLAND'S SELL-DRILLED ARMY". New York Times. 1939-12-02. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  2. ^ http://www.petrsu.ru/60/history/lehen.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose". Time. 1948-11-08. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  4. ^ Osmo Jussila: "From Grand Duchy to Modern State: A Political History of Finland Since 1809" (page 174). Retrieved 2 September 2013.


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