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Session of Saint Petersburg division of the Archaeographic Commission of the RAS
On September 26, 2016 the session of Saint Petersburg division of the Archaeographic Commission of the RAS was held at Saint Petersburg Institute of History. The participants were welcomed by director of the Institute N.N. Smirnov, who emphasized the importance of the recommencement of the division’s activity. The members of the department discussed different issues…
Field Office of Prince Menshikov
The collection of business and personal documents of A.D. Menshikov, which made up his field office, has a very difficult history – they were either divided into parts, then they were again combined into one complex, they were prepared for printing and put aside, then they were considered lost. Cand.Sc. in History T.A. Bazarova in…

“Autograph of History” – the nicknames of Russian princes
Aleksey Vladimirovich Sirenov, Director of St. Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, tells about the origin of the nicknames of Russian princes and the oldest list of the Novgorod chronicle, containing a list of princely nicknames, from the collection of manuscripts of the Scientific and Historical…
Exhibition on 50-year anniversary of SPbIH move to N.P. Likhachev’s house
On extended session of the Scientific council of SPbIH RAS timed to 50-year anniversary of move of the Institute and the library to Petrozavodskaya str., 7 at the Reading hall of the Institute’s library the exhibition “The library of LOII: labor activity, 1936-1991” has been opened. There are presented documents (annual reports, inventories, readers’ record…
New book
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