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New book
The new book by B.N. Kolonitskii “#1917: Seventeen sketches on the history of the Russian revolution” has been published by the publishing house of the European University at St. Petersburg. ISBN 978-5-94380-243-0. One may think that the history of the year 1917 has been studied thoroughly for the past 100 years. However scholars still turn…
New book
The book “War and blockade. Collection of articles in memory of V.M. Kovalchuk” (“Voina i blokada. Sbornik pamyati V.M. Kovalchuka”) has been issued by Nestor-Istoria publishing house. This collection of articles and materials is devoted to commemoration of a well-known specialist in history of the Leningrad blockade and the Great Patriotic War Valentin Mihailovich Kovalchuk. The book…
New book
“Novgorodskaya oblastnaya tipographia” publ. issued the book by B.N. Kovalev “Izbrannye doveriem. Novgorodskie deputaty Gosudarstvennoi dumy Rossiiskoi imperii”. ISBN 978-5-6041241-1-6. The book was published due to the partnership agreement between Novgorod State Museum-Preserve and Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS with financial support from Yu.I. Bobryshev and participation of Novgorod branch of Russian…
To the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Table of Ranks
To the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Table of Ranks Established three hundred years ago – January 24 (February 4), 1722 – by decree of Emperor Peter I, the “Table of Ranks” for almost 200 years until November 1917 determined not only the order of public service but also the system of social…
On the occasion of 85-year anniversary of academician B.V. Ananich
On the occasion of 85-year anniversary of academician B.V. Ananich Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS, Institute of Russian History of the RAS, Scientific Council of the RAS on Problems of Russian and World Economic History, Joint Scientific Council on Social Science and the Humanities of Saint Petersburg Scientific Centre of the RAS…
A greeting card signed by Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna
A greeting card signed by Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895–1918), the eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholai II, is addressed to the Chief Chamberlain of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Elizaveta Alekseevna Naryshkina. Today, this document from fund 76 (A.A. Kurakin) of the Archive of SPbIH of the RAS is presented at a virtual exhibition. The exhibition…