Background
IOGANSON, Oskar was born on June 11, 1892 in Helsinki. Son of a worker
IOGANSON, Oskar was born on June 11, 1892 in Helsinki. Son of a worker
Graduate Finnish public school.
1918 fought in Red Guard during Finnish workers’ revol. Arrested after revol was put down and fled two years later to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Worked as a teacher in Murmansk Oblast, then as ed, Karelian newspaper Kollektivisti.
Arrested by State Security organs.
Communist Party member from 1920.