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Upon the June Coup which established Soviet power in
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and was sentenced to six years of forced labor. He was released, however, after an amnesty and remained in
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communist politician, activist, writer and statesman who served as the first
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after it was struck by a mine. According to the historian Mati Õun, he was executed by fellow communist officials for disobeying
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Lauristin was born in to a family of industrial workers. After the revolutionary events of 1917, he quit his work and joined the
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in the summer of 1941, Lauristin was appointed deputy chairman of the
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and worked as an editor in various underground newspapers and magazines. In the same year, he joined the
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