Tuomo Polvinen

Tuomo Ilmari Polvinen (born 2 December 1931, in Helsinki), Finnish historian, PhD 1964.

Polvinen was an official (1957–61) in the Finnish national archives in Helsinki, and (1970–74) its chief. 1968-70 he was professor in general history at Tampere University and (1974–92) professor on the subject at Helsinki University; research professor (1979–89) and (1992–95).

Polvinen has 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 (2 parts, 1967–71), which is about Russian revolution 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.