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 the royal privilege granted to the port town of Ortigueira in the “Autograph of History” program.
“Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie” publishing house issued a new book by D.Sc. in History, professor B.I. Kolonitskii “Tovarisch Kerenskii”: antimonarchical revolution and formation of the cult of “the leader of the people” (March-June 1917)” («Tovarishch Kerenskiy»: antimonarkhicheskaya revolyutsiya i formirovanie kul’ta «vozhdya naroda» (mart — iyun’ 1917 goda)); ISBN 978-5-4448-0638-8. In his pioneering study the author demonstrates…
Regular session of the seminar “The history of the Soviet era” was held on June 4, 2019. the subject was “Leningrad case”: the study results and prospects”. the report were delivered by associate researcher D.Sc. in History, professor A.Z. Vakser, professor of the Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications D.Sc. in History V.S. Izmozik;…
Late 19th – early 20th century called the “Golden Age of the Postcard”, when philocartist organizations appeared throughout Europe, magazines and catalogs were printed, international exhibitions were held, as well as congresses of collectors and publishers. The virtual exhibition presents images of postcards from the Minin collection of the Russian Section of the Archives of…
On Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 15.00 at the Conference hall of Saint Petersburg Institute of History takes place the launching of reprint of the collection of documents “Alexander III” from the series “Statesmen of Russia in the eyes of contemporaries” (“Gosudarstvennye deyateli Rossii glazami sovremennikov”). The book has benn composed by V.G. Chernuha…
On December 8, 2016 the ceremony of diplomas presentation to the winners of the 9th Open contest “Topical science” took place at the Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Complimentary addresses to the winners have been delivered by director of the Institute N.N. Smirnov, deputy director of the Polish Institute…
Saint Petersburg Institute of History has suffered a hard and unexpected loss. On September 14, 2015 we got information that one of the most outstanding scholars of SPbIH Sergey Viktorovich Yarov suddenly died in the age of 56 years. Sergey Viktorovich had been working in the Institute since 1988. Several scientific works recognized by both…
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