Background
ANTIKAYNEN, Toyvo was born in 1898.
ANTIKAYNEN, Toyvo was born in 1898.
1915 joined the Finnish Social-Democratic Workers’ Party. Early 1918 active in workers’ revol in Finland. August 1918 attended Communist Party Constituent Congress.
1918-1920 in Civil War served in Red Army. 1921 helped crush Kronstadt Mutiny. 1923 elected member, Central Committee, Communist Party Finland, which operated in the underground.
1925 Political Bureau member, Central Committee, Communist Party Finland. 6 November 1934 arrested and sentenced to hard labor for life. 3 May 1940 released with the help of Soviet government.
1940 elected deputy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet.