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In memory of the scholar and the colleague
We announce with deep regret that following short-term disease the oldest research fellow of Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS, an outstanding specialist in Russian culture and social movements of the 19th century Doctor of Philology, professor Boris Fedorovich Egorov died on October 3, 2020. We present our condolences to all…
Manuscripts do not burn, but are digitized
The report of the Director of St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.V. Sirenov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the Scientific Session “Humanities in the Age of Digitalization” of the General Meeting of the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the…
Session of the Seminar on Old Russian history
Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS in cooperation with the Institute of History of SPbSU welcome everyone to session of the Seminar on Old Russian history which is to take place at 16.10 on June 20, 2019 in SPbIH RAS (Petrozavodskaya str., 7; Conference hall (room 23)). This time professor of the…
On the activity of the Scientific-Historical Archive
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.
New book
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