Early Life
Kuusinen was born to the family of village tailor Wilhelm Juhonpoika Kuusinen in Laukaa in 1881. His mother died when Kuusinen was two years old, and the family then moved to Jyväskylä. Kuusinen graduated from the Jyväskylä lyceum in May 1900 and entered Helsinki University the same year. His main subjects were philosophy, aesthetics and art history. Kuusinen was an active member of the students' union, and during this period he was interested in Fennoman conservatism and Alkioism. Kuusinen graduated as a Candidate of Philosophy in 1902.
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