Tuomo Ilmari Polvinen (2 December 1931 – 22 January 2022) was a Finnish historian.
Helsingin Sanomat 24 January 2022.

Biography

Polvinen was born in

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on 2 December 1931. He became a PhD in 1964. He was an official (1957–1961) in the Finnish national archives in Helsinki, and (1970–74) its chief. 1968-70 he was professor in general history at

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and (1974–1992) professor on the subject at

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; research professor (1979–1989) and (1992–1995). He focused on the relations between Finland and Russia/

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. 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

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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. Polvinen died on 22 January 2022, at the age of 90.

References

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