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Minna Craucher

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Finnish socialite and spy (1891-1932)

Lived 1891 to 1932 · aged 40
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Minna Craucher was the pseudonym of Maria Vilhelmiina Lindell, a Finnish socialite and spy. Her home was a noted salon for various writers and artists. She also did espionage, originally for the Cheka, the Soviet secret police, and was arrested three times for fraud.

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Madame Craucher (right) with her chauffeur Boris Wolkowski (left) in 1930sMadame Craucher (right) with her chauffeur Boris Wolkowski (left) in 1930sThe stairwell of Minna Craucher's death place on Mechelininkatu in the summer 2006The stairwell of Minna Craucher's death place on Mechelininkatu in the summer 2006

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Minna Craucher was the pseudonym of Maria Vilhelmiina Lindell, a Finnish socialite and spy. Her home was a noted salon for various writers and artists. She also did espionage, originally for the Cheka, the Soviet secret police, and was arrested three times for fraud. She also had connections to the right-wing Lapua Movement. She became the subject of several books and stories. In 1932 she was murdered by Olavi Runolinna.

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Lived 1891 to 1932 · aged 40
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