Taisto Jalo Sinisalo (29 June 1926 – 26 March 2002) was a Finnish communist politician, MP of the SKDL (1962–1978), leader of the Communist Party of Finland’s hardline pro-Soviet faction (also known as taistoists after Sinisalo's first name) and vice chairman of the party (1970–1982).[1][2] After the SKP split in the 1980s, Sinisalo became the first chairman of the Communist Party of Finland (Unity) (SKPy).

Taisto Sinisalo among the leaders of the Communist Party of Finland, 1970

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  1. ^ Starck, Kathleen (19 February 2010). Between Fear and Freedom: Cultural Representations of the Cold War. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4438-2029-5.
  2. ^ Palonen, Kari (2011). Redescriptions: Yearbook of Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 76. ISBN 978-3-643-99890-3.