Konstantin (Konsta) Evert Lindqvist (former ''Kraft'') (26 December 1877, in
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− 31 August 1920, in
Saint Petersburg) was a locomotive driver and member of the
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...
party and a delegate for transport in the
Finnish People's Delegation the government of the
Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic during the
Finnish Civil War period. After the war Lindqvist fled to Russia where he was killed two years later by members of the internal opposition of the SKP.
Lindqvist worked in the
Finnish State Railways
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as a locomotive engineer, driving in
Kajaani from 1908–1909 and in
Kuopio
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from 1910–1918.
Lindqvist was a member of the
Parliament from July to October 1917 from the
Kuopio western constituency. Lindqvist became a member of parliament when the MP
Otto Piisinen became ill and left Parliament.
Lindqvist was also district secretary of the Kajaani social democratic group and chairman of the
Finnish Locomotive Drivers Union from 1917 to 1918.
After the Finnish civil war Lindqvist fled to Russia where he became a member of the
Communist Party's industrial committee and was a member of the party's military organization.
Lindqvist was shot on 31 August 1920 in Petrograd during the
Kuusinen Club Incident
300px, The Kuusinen Club was located in Kamenno-ostrovski prospekt 26–28, in Saint Petersburg
The Kuusinen Club Incident ( fi, Kuusisen klubin murhat) was the murder of eight members of the Finnish Communist Party in the Kuusinen Club (their Sai ...
. He was buried at the
Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution
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on the
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Notable examples of places which were used for these purposes include:
* Campus ...
in Saint Petersburg.
Lindqvist was married from 1903 to Anna Siviä Backman.
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1877 births
1920 deaths
People from Kotka
People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians
Communist Party of Finland politicians
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–1917)
Finnish trade union leaders
People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side)
Finnish murder victims
Finnish people murdered abroad
People murdered in the Soviet Union
Burials on the Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg)