Urho Kekkonen

Born: 1900-09-03

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland from 1956 until 1982. He was the third and most recent president from the Agrarian League/Center Party. As head of state for nearly 26 years, he dominated Finnish politics, held a large amount of power, won his later elections with little opposition and has often been classified as an autocrat. Nevertheless, he remains a respected figure. Description above from the Wikipedia article Urho Kekkonen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Disco and Atomic War

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Released: 2009-04-10

A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze...

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State Funeral

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Released: 2019-10-22

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The...

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Moonshine Village

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Released: 2005-12-31

Moonshine Village is a story about producing moonshine in Kitee, Finland, and its effect on the...

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Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

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Released: 1982-12-03

Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki, shot by Pirjo Honkasalo and Eero Salmenhaara, is a documentary...

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Rogue Reporters

as Self (Archive footage)
Released: 2021-09-23

The documentary tells the story of the political scandal caused by the book 'The Spoils of...

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M/S Finlandia

as Himself
Released: 1968-02-23

Building and launching the cruise ship M/S Finlandia

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Kekkonen

as Himself (Archive footage)
First aired: 2017-12-26

The whole story of Urho Kekkonen, the most important statesman during Finland's independence.

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