Ilmari Susiluoto (October 15, 1947,

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, Finland – March 30, 2016,

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) was a Finnish

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, a professor at the

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, a senior advisor at the

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from 1982, an expert in Russian and Soviet history, politics and society, and an author of a number of books in this field.

Bibliography

* Ph.D.: ''The origins and development of systems thinking in the Soviet Union'' (1982) * ''Jättiläinen tuuliajolla'' (1996) (& Sailas, Valkonen) * ''Venäjä ja rosvokapitalismin haaksirikko'' (1999) (& Kuorsalo, Valkonen) * ''Pieni Karjalakirja'' (1999) ("The Little Book of Karelia") * ''Pieni Pietarikirja'' (2000) ("The Little Book of St. Petersburg") * ''Työ tyhmästä pitää, venäläisen huumorin aakkoset'' ("Work Likes a Fool: The ABCs of Russian humour"), Ajatuskustannus, 2000 * ''Lavea luonto'' (2001) ("Generous Nature") * ''Diplomatian taiturit'' (2002) * ''Salaisen poliisin valtakunta. KGB, FSB ja suhteet Suomeen'' (2003) (& Kuorsalo, Valkonen) * ''Suuruuden laskuoppi'' (2006) * ''Takaisin Neuvostoliittoon'' (2006) ("Back to the USSR")''Takaisin Neuvostoliittoon'':
A review in Finnish
"Neukkunostalgia elää anekdooteissa Ruotsalaiset:tanskalaiset ja hollantilaiset eivät pääse venäläisvitseihin, mutta tsuhnat, hauskanhölmöt suomalaiset pääsevät", ''

Helsingin Sanomat ''Helsingin Sanomat'', abbreviated ''HS'' and colloquially known as , is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. Its name derives from that of ...

'', May 1, 2006
A review in English
: "Soviet nostalgia lives on in Russian anecdotes: Finnish political scientist examines post-Soviet humour in new book" * ''Vilpittömän ilon valtakunta: Viina ja Venäjä'' ("The kingdom of sincere joy: Alcohol in Russia") (2007) *''Uusi Karjalakirja'' ("A New book of Karelia"), Helsinki: Ajatus, 2009. . *''Plan Putina: Punaiselta torilta Maidanin aukiolle'', Helsingissä: Auditorium, 2015. .

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1947 births 2016 deaths Finnish political scientists 20th-century Finnish historians 21st-century Finnish historians People from Lohja Academic staff of the University of Helsinki {{Finland-writer-stub