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Department of Contemporary History of Russia Department of the history of revolutions and social movements Russia Department of the Modern history of Russia Novgorod group Department of Ancient History of Russia Department of General History
“Whether to give a battle or leave Moscow” – a note on the military council before the battle of Borodino
210 years ago, on September 7 (August 26, O.S.), 1812, the Battle of Borodino took place. The virtual exhibition presents a document from the Vorontsovs’ collection about the military council before the Battle of Borodino. The author of the document captured one of the most important stages of the discussion, when the question of the…
New translation of the diary of Lena Mukhina
Macmillan imprint (a part of Pan Macmillan UK) published the diary of Lena Mukhina translated into English by Amanda Love Darragh. This diary is a truly remarkable account of this most terrible era in modern history. It offers readers the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman struggling simply to survive. Including this edition the…
Scientific journals and periodicals
“Petersburg historical journal” (“Peterburgskii istoricheskii zhurnal”) “Auxiliary historical disciplines” (“Vspomogatelnye istoricheskie distsipliny”). “Novgorod historical articles” (Novgorodskii istoricheskii sbornik).
“Autograph of History” – to the 800th anniversary of Alfonso X the Wise, of Castile
The Archive of Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS keeps the only medieval document in Russia associated with the name of Alfonso X the Wise, the Castilian king, who decided the fate of a distant village in the Bay of Biscay. Daria Omelchenko, a researcher of the Archive, tells about the copy of…
Manuscripts do not burn, but are digitized
The report of the Director of St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.V. Sirenov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the Scientific Session “Humanities in the Age of Digitalization” of the General Meeting of the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the…
