Jaakko Paavolainen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish historian
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Place of Birth: Viipuri Province, Grand Duchy of Finland
About Jaakko Paavolainen
- Jaakko Paavolainen (23 July 1927, Kanneljärvi – 30 October 2007, Helsinki), was a Finnish historian, PhD 1966.
- He became professor in history at the University of Turku 1986-1989. Jaakko Paavolainen published his much noticed results about the red terror and white terror during the Finnish civil war in three volumes and has also published a biography of Väinö Tanner (4 parts, 1977–89).
- His boyhood memories från Carelia he pictures in Lapsuus Kanneljärvellä (1982) and the life of his cousin Olavi Paavolainen in a 1992 published volume. Jaakko Paavolainen is the son of Erkki Paavolainen and the father of Pentti Paavolainen (b.
- 1953), professor in arts research at Teaterhögskolan.
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