Auroora Maria ('Aura') Kiiskinen (March 9, 1878 – December 12, 1968) was a Finnish politician and member of parliament. She was first elected from the Kuopio West electoral district (now Northern Savonia) in the 1908 election, serving until 1911, and was later re-elected from the Uusimaa district from 1914 until 1918, both times representing the Social Democratic Party (SDP).[1][2]
Kiiskinen was born in Kuopion maalaiskunta, Grand Duchy of Finland, in 1878.[1] She completed primary school, and trained as a seamstress.[1] Soon she however became increasingly active in left-wing politics and involved in campaign and party administration, working full-time variously as secretary, treasurer and organiser of the SDP women's wing.[2]
After the 'Red' (left-wing) defeat in the Finnish Civil War, Kiiskinen fled to the newly established Soviet Russia, where she continued her political activities, as well as working later in a teaching role in Soviet Karelia.[2][1][3] She died in Petrozavodsk, Soviet Union, in 1968.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Aura Kiiskinen". Eduskunta.fi (in Finnish). Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Kiiskinen, Aura". Finland100.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Aura Kiiskinen 50-vuotias". Toveritar (in Finnish). No. 7. 1 April 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- 1878 births
- 1968 deaths
- Politicians from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–1909)
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (1909–1910)
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (1910–1911)
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (1913–1916)
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–1917)
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (1917–1919)
- Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Finnish communists
- Finnish emigrants to the Soviet Union
- Finnish revolutionaries
- Finnish socialists