On 80-year anniversary of the 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…

  Nestor Istoria publ. issued a book by A.V. Chirkova “Diplomacy of the Western European documents of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era” (“Zapadnoevropeiskaya diplomatika Srednih vekov I Rannego Novogo vremeni”) (ISBN 978-5-4469-1596-5). Presented textbook is the first complex survey of the West European diplomacy in Russian after more than a centenary from publication…

  Dear colleagues! This year will be 60-year anniversary of prof., D.Sc. in History Sergei Victorovich Yarov, who passed away in September 2015. One intends to honor his memory by organization of the conference, which is planned on October 9, 2019. The conference will include two parts: scientific and memorial. The issues for the first…

Dear visitors! The Reading hall of the Archive of St.Petersburg Institute of History of the RASwill be closedfrom July, 5 to September, 6 2021 inclusively.The last date for submitting requests is June 24, 2021.

The book “War and blockade. Collection of articles in memory of V.M. Kovalchuk” (“Voina i blokada. Sbornik pamyati V.M. Kovalchuka”) has been issued by Nestor-Istoria publishing house. This collection of articles and materials is devoted to commemoration of a well-known specialist in history of the Leningrad blockade and the Great Patriotic War Valentin Mihailovich Kovalchuk. The book…

St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University held a meeting of the Seminar on the Old Russian History on September 26, 2019 at 16.10 in St. Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS (Petrozavodskaya ul., 7, Conference Hall). During the meeting,…