Raimo Pullat


Raimo Pullat is an Estonian historian and professor emeritus at Tallinn University. His work includes studies in Estonian urban history and historical demography, including research on Tallinn in the 18th century.

Early life and education

Pullat was born in Tallinn and graduated as a historian from the University of Tartu in 1958. In 1998 he received a PhD with distinction, laudatur, from the University of Oulu.

Academic career

According to Tallinn University, Pullat held academic posts at Tallinn Pedagogical University and Tallinn University and later became a professor emeritus.

Awards and honours

Pullat received the Baltic Assembly Prize for Science in 2001. He was awarded the Order of the White Star, Fourth Class, in 2005. In 2005, Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs reported that he was awarded the First Class Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland. The same year he received an honorary doctorate from the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
In 2024, he received the Tullio Ilomets heritage award from the Estonian Heritage Society.

Selected works