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Onni Tuomi

Finnish politician (1875-1933)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 25, 2024
Entity authorityQ17384350 ↗
Source-derived summary

Onni Aleksanteri Tuomi (21 November 1875 – 4 January 1933; original surname Ahlbom) was a Finnish journalist and politician, born in Virrat. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1908 to 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). During the Finnish Civil War of 1918, he was a member of the Central Workers' Council of Finland, the legislature of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. After the defeat of the Red side, he went into exile in Soviet Russia. He was married to Lempi Tuomi.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Onni Tuomi” as finnish politician (1875-1933). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Onni, Tuomi and Finnish.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1875, 1933, 1908, 1918—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1875-11-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Onni, Tuomi and Finnish providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Onni Tuomi”, the useful work is to connect “finnish politician (1875-1933)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 25, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q17384350. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1875, 1933, 1908 and 1918.

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This entry incorporates text from “Onni Tuomi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.