Biography:

Pauli Rinne ( Ven. Паули Унович Ринне ; June 25, 1934 – December 14, 2021 ) [1] [2] was a Finnish actor, theater director and singer who spent most of his career in Soviet Karelia [3] . Rinne was part of the Manok singing group.

Pauli Rinne’s son is the well-known musician Arto Rinne . [4]

Rinne was born in the Soviet Union, where his Finnish parents Saimi (née Piensalmi) and Uuno Rinne defected in the fall of 1932. [5] [6]

Pauli Rinne was born in the Novosibirsk region , where his parents had been deported on suspicion of espionage. From there, however, the family was able to move to Vilga, a village near Petroskoi , where many Finns lived. Uuno Rinne was arrested again in 1938, accused of spying for Greater Finland. Like many other Finns, he was transported to Krasnyi bor , where he was executed by firing squad on September 28, 1938. [7]

Pauli Rinne spent his youth in Sortavala with his aunt and stepfather. In 1957, he graduated from the acting department of the Leningrad Theater Institute. He got a job at the state Finnish-language drama theater in Petrozavodsk . He was the artistic director and chief director of this theater between 1974 and 1991.

Rinne was awarded the titles of People’s Actor of Karelia and Honored Actor of the Russian Federation. He also served as the chairman of the Karelia Actors’ Union.

Pauli Rinne appeared in several Soviet films, including the Finnish-Soviet film Luottamus from 1976.

Rinne moved to Finland in 1991. There he worked at the Joensuu City Theater as an actor from 1991 to 1997. Between 2001 and 2018 he led a Russian-language amateur theater group in Kouvola . [3]

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