Timo Juhani Vihavainen (born 9 May 1947) is a Finnish historian and a professor of Russian Studies at the University of Helsinki.[1] He has written extensively on Russian and Finnish history.[1] Vihavainen graduated as a Master of Philosophy in 1970, a Licentiate in Philosophy in 1983, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1988 and a Docent in Russian history in 1992.[1] He is a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters since 2009.[1] At the beginning of the 2000s he was among the contributors of the Kanava magazine.[2]
Vihavainen was Visiting Fellow at Moscow State University in 1972-1973, Assistant of East-European History at Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki 1989-2000, Acting director of the Renvall Institute 1992, Director of the Finnish Institute in St. Petersburg in 1998-2000, and Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Academy 2000-2002.[1] Professor of Russian Studies at University of Helsinki 2002-2015.[1][3]
originally published in Kanava's 70th anniversary issue in 2003, pp.83–86