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Yrjö Kaukiainen

Yrjö Martti Aleksander Kaukiainen
Born April 4, 1940, Längelmäki

Master of Arts 1964, Licentiate 1968, PhD 1970 (Finnish History), University of Helsinki
Docent in Finnish History 1971–76, University of Helsinki

Research associate in Finnish and Scandinavian History 1970–76, University of Helsinki
Associate professor of economic history 1976–92, University of Helsinki
Professor of economic history 1992–98, University of Helsinki
Professor of European History 1998–2003, University of Helsinki

Research themes:
Economic and social history, especially maritime history, population history, the history of Old Finland, the history of the dissemination of knowledge. The primary research focus has been the 18th and 19th centuries.

Publications

Awards:
State Award for Public Information 1999

Photo: Pirkko Leino-Kaukiainen
Written by Tytti Steel (Kaija Hartikainen, ed.)
Translated by Matthew Billington

St Petersburg is built of Finnish granite

Yrjö Kaukiainen is currently researching the use of Finnish granite in St Petersburg palaces and monuments. The book, which is still under work, deals with a time (around 1700–1850) when European heads of state used huge sums of money in their capitals competing with each other to build the most magnificent palaces and public buildings. The construction of St Petersburg is strongly reflected in southeast Finland, as until the First World War, the granite needed to build St Petersburg, as well as a significant portion of the marble, came from either the coast between Vyborg Bay and Hamina or Ladoga Karelia.

 

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Yrjö Kaukiainen

Yrjö Martti Aleksander Kaukiainen
Born April 4, 1940, Längelmäki

Master of Arts 1964, Licentiate 1968, PhD 1970 (Finnish History), University of Helsinki
Docent in Finnish History 1971–76, University of Helsinki

Research associate in Finnish and Scandinavian History 1970–76, University of Helsinki
Associate professor of economic history 1976–92, University of Helsinki
Professor of economic history 1992–98, University of Helsinki
Professor of European History 1998–2003, University of Helsinki

Research themes:
Economic and social history, especially maritime history, population history, the history of Old Finland, the history of the dissemination of knowledge. The primary research focus has been the 18th and 19th centuries.

Publications

Awards:
State Award for Public Information 1999

Photo: Pirkko Leino-Kaukiainen
Written by Tytti Steel (Kaija Hartikainen, ed.)
Translated by Matthew Billington

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