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About the funds of the Valdai Iversky Monastery in the Archives of Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which reveal a very interesting panorama of life in Russia in the second half of the 17th century, says Doctor of History Pavel Vladimirovich Sedov in the program “Archival history” on the…

Award winners

  The award of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists for 2017 was granted to Cand. Sc. In History, research fellow of the Scientific and Historical Archive of the Institute Nikita Viktorovich Bashnin for his contribution to the research on relations between the state and the Orthodox church, developments of the monastery…

New book

  The new book “Leningrad i leningradtsy v gody Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny 1941-1945” (“Leningrad and Leningraders in the years of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945”)composed by A.N. Tchistikov in collaboration with E.P. Shelaeva and D.P. Mitiurin has been published by ANO ROSSICA “Liki” (ISBN 978-5-87417-610-5). The publication incorporates historical essays, documents from state and private…

New books

  “Liki Rossii” publishing house issued a new book, “Boris Vasilievich Ananich. The way we remember him” (“Boris Vasilievich Ananich. Kakim my ego pomnim”). This collection includes memoirs of colleagues and friends, photographs and documents from private archive of B.V. Ananich. The book was prepared thanks to Nina Ivanovna Ananich and members of her family…

History of the Time of Troubles – video lectures in the Presidential Library

History of the Time of Troubles – video lectures in the Presidential Library

On November 1, 2022 at the Presidential Library within the framework of the project “Knowledge about Russia” a video lecture “Time of Troubles. Problems of source studies and historiography” took place. The event was timed to the Day of National Unity. Researchers from St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences took…

Session of Saint Petersburg division of the Archaeographic Commission of the RAS

On September 26, 2016 the session of Saint Petersburg division of the Archaeographic Commission of the RAS was held at Saint Petersburg Institute of History. The participants were welcomed by director of the Institute N.N. Smirnov, who emphasized the importance of the recommencement of the division’s activity. The members of the department discussed different issues…