of Independence. In the summer of 1920, Haapalainen was moved to Petrozavodsk. He held several posts in the Karelian Workers' Commune but was dismissed in 1923 due to his drinking problem. Haapalainen was transferred to the town of Kalevala where he worked as an interpreter. In the beginning of 1925, Haapalainen was a member of the Finnish Komintern delegate in Germany. He started drinking again and was sent back home in March. As a result, Haapalainen was now expelled from the Communist Party. He moved back to Kalevala, where Haapalainen worked as a teacher and a newspaperman. His last assignment was the head of the revolution research department in the Karelian Research Institute in Petrozavodsk since May 1931. Haapalainen was expelled as a ″nationalist″ in October 1935. He lived as a pensioner and was arrested during the Great Purge in October 1937. In 20 November, Haapalainen was sentenced for 10 years, but he was eventually shot in Petrodzavodsk a week later. After Stalin's death, Haapalainen was rehabilitated in May 1957. See also Kullervo Manner References 1880 births 1937 deaths People from Kuopio People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Finnish trade union leaders Finnish communists People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) People of the Estonian War of Independence People of the Russian Civil War Finnish people executed by the Soviet Union Great Purge victims from Finland Finnish emigrants to the Soviet Union Members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union executed by the Soviet Union