Salme Dutt
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Salme Dutt (born Salme Anette Murrik) (August 29, 1888 - August 30, 1964) was an Estonian-born British communist politician, wife of Rajani Palme Dutt.
Hella Wuolijoki was her elder sister, Murrik was also grand-aunt of Erkki Tuomioja.
Salme Murrik was born in Helme Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, and spent her childhood in Valga. She was expelled from gymnasium due to revolutionary activities in 1905 and she moved to Russia proper, living in Moscow and Siberia. She later lived in Finland, before moving to Britain.
During the early years of the British Communist Party, Salme Murrik, a Comintern agent, acted as Palme Dutt's link to Moscow.[1] Salme Murrik had been directed to Britain on Lenin's orders to participate in forming the communist party there.
Salme Dutt's treatment of the Chartist movement, When England Arose, was published in 1939. A collection of poems, entitled Lucifer and Other Poems, was published in London in 1966. Salme Dutt died in London.
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- Lausti.com
- (Estonian) Valgark.ee
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- John Callaghan “Rajani Palme Dutt, British communism, and the Communist Party of India″ - Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Volume 6, Issue 1 March 1990 , pages 49 - 70
- Andrew Thorpe The British Communist Party and Moscow 1920-43, Manchester University Press, 308 s., Midsomer Norton 2000
- Erkki Tuomioja Häivähdys punaista Helsinki:Tammi, 2006 (Swedish translation: Ett stänk av rött: två systrar i revolutionens tjänst Stockholm, 2008, Estonian: Õrnroosa: Hella Wuolijoe ja Salme Dutti elu revolutsiooni teenistuses, Tallinn, 2006, the English manuscript is entitled A delicate shade of pink)
