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Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS suffered an irreparable loss. One of the most outstanding scholars of the Institute Boris Vasilievich Ananich died on July 20, 2015 in the age of 84 years. Boris Vasilievich has worked in SPbIH since 1956. Being a striking representative and a passionate patriot of the Petersburg school…

Main courses of research. Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS realizes fundamental and applied research projects on following subjects: Preservation and study of cultural, archeological and scientific heritage: revelation, systematization, description, restoration and preservation of the funds of the Scientific and historical archive of SPbIH of the RAS, publication of sources on Russian and…

Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences offers for foreign scholars special programs of practical training and further training. We have established relations with universities and research institutions from Finland, Germany, France, USA and South Korea. Eminently qualified specialists in Russian and General History, historiography and source studies working at the institute…

Publishing house «Al’yans-Arkheo» in a series of books “Tikhvinskii arkhiv” (“Tikhvin archive”) issued a new book “Materialy po istorii Uspenskogo Tikhvinskogo monastyrya”, vyp. 1: Akty i materialy pistsovogo dela, ch. 1: 1560—1644 gg. M., SPb., 2015 (“Materials on history of Tikhvin Assumption monastery”, issue 1: Acts and penmen materials, part 1: 1560-1644. M., SPb., 2015)…

Academic council is social and scientific organization of Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS and functions as advisory body. It discusses different issues concerning research work, science management and publishing activity of the Institute. Staff of the Academic council. Chairman of the Academic council: Sirenov Aleksey Vladimirovich, D. Sc. in History, Corresponding Member of…

19th All-Russian scientific conference “Penmen books and other mass sources of the 16th-21st centuries”, timed to the centenary of Alexander Ilich Kopanev was conducted from July 1 till July 4. Opening, plenary session and sessions of sections on July, 1 took place at Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS, while on July, 2-3…

Scientific-research paleography practice for students from Petrozavodsk State University was conducted from June, 29 till July, 3 at Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS. First-year, second-year and third-year students from the Department of History participated in this practice. During the period of practice the scholars of the Institute delivered summarizing lectures and carried…

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

  The scholars of Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS actively participate in international organizations and serve as members of editorial boards of several foreign scientific journals. Some of the researchers are honorary and full members of foreign scientific societies. Our scholars regularly deliver lectures as invitee professors at different universities and institutions in…

The library derives from the Archaeography commission, established in 1834 in order to collect and publish the documents of the Archaeography expedition. In 1920-s the Archaeography commission became the part of the Academy of Sciences, what made it much easier to collect and to use the funds of the library. Since 1930-s a lot of…