Arto Pekka Luukkanen (born 28 November 1964) is a

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historian and social scientist, specialising in

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n and Eastern European research at the

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Renvall Institute. Luukkanen is also a commentator on Russian public and political issues. He received his doctorate in

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at the University of Helsinki in 1994. He is docent in general church history at the University of Helsinki, docent of Russian history at the

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and political docent of history at the

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. He has written five monographs and several articles in this area

Books in English

* ''The party of unbelief: The religious policy of the Bolshevik party'' Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki. Studia historica 48. 1994. Helsinki: SHS, 1994. . (In English) * ''The religious policy of the Stalinist state: A case study: The Central Standing Commission on Religious Questions, 1929–1938'' Studia historica 57, Helsinki: Finnish Historical Society, 1997. Helsinki: Catalan Historical Society, 1997. . (In English)

References

1964 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Helsinki 21st-century Finnish historians {{Finland-scientist-stub