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Paasikivi

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[pah-si-ki-vi] / ˈpɑ sɪ kɪ vɪ /

noun

  1. Juho Kusti 1870–1956, Finnish statesman: president 1946–56.


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The sublimity of this “Oedipe” is fateful thanks to the festival’s probing new artistic director, Finnish mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

Last week the newly chosen Electoral College picked pliable Premier Urho Kekkonen, 55, who has stood close behind Paasikivi in tiny, democratic Finland's enforced dealings with the Russian Communists.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Swedish press reported that Dr. Juho Kusti Paasikivi, elderly banker and diplomat who took part in the Russo-Finnish peace negotiations of 1940, had been asked to prepare for another trip to Moscow.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the middle was Dr. Juho Paasikivi, Finland's possible peace negotiator.

From Time Magazine Archive

This appeared to be the line taken when Finnish Foreign Minister Dr. Juho Paasikivi went back to Moscow this week for more talks about the "friendship pact."

From Time Magazine Archive

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