14 Facts About Kullervo Manner

Kullervo Manner was one of the leaders of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic.

Kullervo Manner was the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland between 1917 and 1918.

Kullervo Manner's mother was Alma Limon, daughter of pastor Johannes Limon.

Kullervo Manner was elected to the Finnish Parliament as a Social Democrat from Uusimaa in 1910 and 1917.

Kullervo Manner was appointed Speaker of the Parliament in 1917.

Kullervo Manner married Olga Arjanne on 26 October 1908, at the local register office of Porvoo.

On 28 January 1918, during the Finnish Civil War, Kullervo Manner was appointed Chairman of the Finnish People's Delegation.

On 10 April 1918, Kullervo Manner was appointed commander-in-chief of the Red Guards as well as head of state of its short-lived government, The People's Deputation.

Comintern reprimanded the party for inaction, and while Kullervo Manner personally survived with minor criticism, Hanna Malm was excluded from the central committee.

Kullervo Manner retracted his opinion quickly, but Malm directly named Comintern Executive Committee member Otto Wille Kuusinen as one of the former SDP leaders in question.

Kullervo Manner was exiled to Uhtua in Soviet Karelia for a year.

Kullervo Manner was dismissed from most of his duties in May 1934.

Kullervo Manner continued to work as a Comintern rapporteur on Latin American affairs until July 1935.

Kullervo Manner was taken to the Ukhtpechlag Gulag labor camp, where he died on 15 January 1939.