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Name
  
Tuomo Polvinen

Role
  
Professor


Books
  
Imperial borderland, Between East and West: Finland in International Politics, 1944-1947

Nominations
  
Tieto-Finlandia award

Tuomo Ilmari Polvinen (born 2 December 1931, in Helsinki), Finnish historian, PhD 1964.

Polvinen was an official (1957-61) in the Finnish national archives in Helsinki, and (1970-74) its chief. 1968-70 he was professor in general history at Tampere University and (1974-92) professor on the subject at Helsinki University; research professor (1979-89) and (1992-95).

Polvinen has focused on the relations between Finland and Russia/Soviet Union. Amongst Polvinen's works are Suomi suurvaltain politiikassa 1941-44, which is about Finland in the context of great power politics, Venäjän vallankumous ja Suomi 1917-1920 (2 parts, 1967–71), which is about Russian revolution and Finland, Between East and West (1986), furthermore a work on Bobrikov as governor general in Finland, Imperial borderland (1995) and a great biography in five parts about president J.K. Paasikivi.

References

Tuomo Polvinen Wikipedia


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