Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS (SPbIH of the RAS) in cooperation with the National Library of Russia (NLR) and Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation with participation of International association of researchers of trade history, merchant class and customs and JSC “CentrInform” on 28-30 September, 2020 will conduct International Scientific Conference “Istoriya piteinogo dela i trezvennicheskogo dvizheniya v Rossii s drevneishikh vremen do nashikh dnei” [“The istory of beverage manufacturing and abstinence movement in Russia from ancient times to modern times”].

Plenary and sectional sessions of the conference will be held in both SPbIH of the RAS and the National Library of Russia. The publication of collection of articles based on the reports delivered by participants of the conference is to be issued after the conference. For futher information: Information letter (in Russian).

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