The First International St. Petersburg Historical Forum

  “Petersburg historical journal” (“Peterburgskii istoricheskii zhurnal”)     “Auxiliary historical disciplines” (“Vspomogatelnye istoricheskie distsipliny”). “Novgorod historical articles” (Novgorodskii istoricheskii sbornik).    

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…

Due to difficult epidemiological situation all the scientific events planned to be carried out in the institute in April and May 2020 are postponed. The dates of its possible conducting will be announced later.

  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…

Since June 16, 2020 the Scientific-Historical Archive resumes execution of requests and making of digital copies of documents according to the demands presented by remote channels (postal letters and e-mail). The Reading Hall of the Archive will reopen for visitors from September 2020.

  On December 13, 2021, St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a scientific conference “And my life is routine…”: To the 100th anniversary of the birth of professor Alexander Zavelevich Vakser”, organized as part of the seminar” History of the Soviet era”. The conference was held online. Conference agenda…