Tuomo Polvinen

Tuomo Ilmari Polvinen was a Finnish historian.

Biography

Polvinen was born in Helsinki on 2 December 1931. He became a PhD in 1964. He was an official in the Finnish national archives in Helsinki, and its chief. 1968-70 he was professor in general history at Tampere University and professor on the subject at Helsinki University; research professor and.
He 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, which is about Russian revolution and Finland, Between East and West, furthermore a work on Bobrikov as governor general in Finland, Imperial borderland and a great biography in five parts about president J. K. Paasikivi.
Polvinen died on 22 January 2022, at the age of 90.