Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Expertise: Political history, especially the former Soviet Union and new Russia; political development of Russia; identities and nationalism; modernization and development problems.
Administrative expertise: research leader, PI, programme management
Current Position
2018 - Director
2011 - Professor (from 10.5.2011)
2010 - Vice Director, Aleksanteri Institute (from 26.11.2010)
2009 - Research Director, Aleksanteri Institute
Education and degrees awarded
1991 MA in History, University of Joensuu
1996 Phil.Lic in History, University of Joensuu
2000 Doctor of Philosophy in history, (Dissertation graded Eximia cum laude approbatur)
University of Joensuu
2001 Docent, political history in the faculty of Political Sciences - University of Helsinki
2002 Docent, Russian History in the faculty of History - University of Joensuu
Education information
MA 1991
Ph.D. 2000
Ph.D. 2000
Fields of Science
- 6160 Other humanities
- Russian and Eurasian Studies
- Russian history
- history politics
- nationalism
- identity politics
- Russian and Former Soviet Union area studies
- Soviet History
- Soviet Karelia
- 615 History and Archaeology
- Russia/Soviet Union history
- Political system
- Foreign Policy
- Russian and Eurasian Studies
- history politics
- identity politics
- nationalism
- 5201 Political History
- Russia, Soviet Union
- Political system
- Foreign Policy
- Russian/Soviet History
- history politics
- identity politics
- nationalismi
- Russian and Eurasian Studies
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
Kangaspuro, M. V. (ed.), Lassila, J. P. (ed.), Zhurzhenko, T. (ed.) & Fedor, J. (ed.), Dec 2017, Palgrave Macmillan. 506 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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From the Trauma of Stalinism to the Triumph of Stalingrad: The Toponymic Dispute Over Volgograd
Kangaspuro, M. V. & Lassila, J. P., Dec 2017, War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 141-170 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Back to normality in Russia's transformation – Demand on strong state and its consequences
Kangaspuro, M., Sep 2017, Osteuropa transformiert.: Sozialsmus, Demokratie und Utopie. Oltenau, T., Spöri, T., Jatiner, F. & Asenbaum, H. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer , p. 155-172 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Stalinism as a Structural Choice of Soviet Society and its Lost Alternatives
Kangaspuro, M., 22 Oct 2015, Discussing Stalinism: Problems and Approaches. Kangaspuro, M. & Oittinen, V. (eds.). Helsinki: Aleksanteri Institute, p. 74-92 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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History Politics and the Changing Meaning of Victory Day in Contemporary Russia
Kangaspuro, M. V., Apr 2018, The Long Aftermath.: Cultural Legacies of Europe at War 1936-2016. Braganca, M. & Tame, P. (eds.). New York - Oxford: Berghahn Books, p. 333-343 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Russian Media Lab (Sananvapaus ja kriittinen journalismi Venäjällä)
Kangaspuro, M., Lassila, J., Lehtisaari, K., Ratilainen, S., Van der Vet, F. & Wijermars, M.
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2018
Project: Research project
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Finnish Centre of Excellence in Russian Studies – Choices of Russian Modernisation
Kivinen, M., Autio-Sarasmo, S., Aalto, P. K., Forsberg, T., Gel'man, V., Aitamurto, K., Ekonen, K., Fava, V., Granberg, L., Hast, S., Heusala, A., Huttunen, T., Kahla, E., Kangaspuro, M., Kansikas, S., Karhunen, P., Khmelnitskaya, M., Kulmala, M., Lassila, J., Lehtisaari, K., Lonkila, M., Lowry, A., Miklóssy, K., Mustajoki, A. S., Nikula, J., Oittinen, V., Palonkorpi, M., Pietiläinen, J., Saarinen, A., Smith, H., Turoma, S. & Tynkkynen, V.
01/01/2012 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
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Russian Identity in the Media and Identity Politics in Eastern Europe
Zhurzhenko, T., Kangaspuro, M. & Lassila, J.
01/01/2010 → …
Project: Research project
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CIMO Fellowship grant (minimum three months) 4500 € for PhD Candidate Tamara Polyakova
01/02/2016 → 31/05/2016
Project: Other project
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Memory at War. Cultural dymanics in Poland, Russia and Ukraine
Etkind, A., Kangaspuro, M., Lassila, J., Jutila, M., Mälksoo, M., Finnin, R., Rutten, E., Brouwer, S., Zvereva, V., Blacker, U., Fedor, J., Mroz, M. & Wydra, H.
01/06/2010 → 31/01/2013
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Doctor Honoris Causa of Petrozavodsk State University
Kangaspuro, Markku (Recipient), 23 Sep 2020
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Honoroary Professor of the Institute of the Friendship of the Caucasian Nations, Stavropol, Russia.
Kangaspuro, Markku (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Luentosarja: Conservatism and Memory Politics (Identity & Culture) RUS-311
Katalin Miklóssy (Chair of organizing committee), Markku Kangaspuro (Speaker: Presenter), Elina Kahla (Speaker: Presenter), Kaarina Aitamurto (Speaker: Presenter) & Brendan Humphreys (Speaker: Presenter)
8 Sep 2022 → 13 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Luentosarja: Ideologiat ja käytäntö: Mikä ajaa Venäjän ja itäisen Euroopan kehitystä eteenpäin? (KUKA-IK506, ALKU-IK533, KIM-SB305, VIExpert)
Katalin Miklóssy (Chair of organizing committee), Markku Kangaspuro (Member of organizing committee) & Ira Jänis-Isokangas (Member of organizing committee)
17 Jan 2022 → 2 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Kansallisarkisto (External organisation)
Markku Kangaspuro (Expert member)
31 May 2021 → 31 May 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
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Geoffrey Roberts
Markku Kangaspuro (Host)
15 Sep 2021 → 15 Oct 2021Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
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Venäjän ajankohtainen tilanne
Markku Kangaspuro (Invited speaker)
3 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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240 тысяч солдат и F-35. Боится ли Финляндия российской агрессии
18/01/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Näitä neljää asiaa Venäjä-asiantuntija seuraa duuman vaalien tuloksissa
19/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Mikä on duuman vaalien merkitys Venäjällä?
16/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Venäjä järjesti suursotaharjoituksen Suomen rajoilla ja muistutti pitkästä kurimuksesta
10/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media