Education
University of Tartu.
University of Tartu.
He is professor emeritus of University of Tartu and honorary doctor of University of Uppsala. Piirimäe has researched Estonian history under the Swedish Empire in the 17th century, but also the Enlightenment in the 18th century, especially the French Revolution. Helmut Piirimäe is married to art historian Krista Piirimäest