Matti Kurikka
Illustration — Matti Kurikka • Illustration — Political caricature: Matti Kurikka dancing Russian Trepak before Finnish folk Matti Kurikka (January 24, 1863 Maloye Karlino, Tsarskoselsky Uyezd, Saint Petersburg Governorate, historical Ingria – October 4, 1915 Westerly, Rhode Island, United States) was a Finnish journalist, theosophist, and utopian socialist. Kurikka was the editor of the newspaper Työmies from 1897 to 1899. In 1908 Kurikka purchased the newspaper Wiipurin Sanomat.
Matti Kurikka

Mietinen H., Krjukov A., Mullonen J., Wikberg P. «Inkerilaiset kuka kukin on», Tallinna, 2013. ISBN 978-951-97359-5-5, стр. 121 · Public domain
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- 1863 · Gatchina.
- Died
- 1915 · Washington County.
- Nationality
- Grand Duchy of Finland
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- writer · journalist
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- fiction
- Education
- Imperial Alexander University
- Languages
- Finnish
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Born at Gatchina in 1863, died in Washington County in 1915.
Matti Kurikka studied at Imperial Alexander University. The recorded working language is Finnish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are fiction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Sointula.

Matti Kurikka 1800- ja 1900-lukujen taitteessa.
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- 1.Matti Tried to Spread the News. Times Colonist. M1, M4. January 26, 1992.
- 2.The Finnish Settlement. Nanaimo Daily News. 3. November 23, 1901.
- 3.To Tour the States. The Victoria Daily Times. 3. December 31, 1901.
- 4.Finns in Trouble. The Victoria Daily Times. 3. October 17, 1904.
- 5.Fire Ruined Finns' Dream. Times Colonist. M3. October 31, 1993.
- 6.Bowden, Tim. He Had a Dream. The Sydney Morning Herald. 95. December 23, 2000.
- 7.Toimitt. Matti Kurikka kuollut. Auttaja. 1. October 14, 1915.
- 8.Kapteeni Kock kuollut. Uusi Kotimaa. 5. April 22, 1915.
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