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300 years of the decree of Peter I on the succession to the throne
On February 5 (16), 1722, the Russian Emperor Peter I signed the “Charter on the Succession to the Throne”, which changed the procedure for the transfer of supreme power in the state. From now on, the emperor himself appointed the heir to the throne. The exhibition presents the “Charter on the Succession to the Throne”…
“Autograph of History” – anonymous complaint from Peru against the Grand Inquisitor of Spain
A document from the collection of letters from the papal nunciature in Spain of the years 1670-1675, kept in the Archive of St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, can tell about an amusing episode in Spanish and Latin American history. In the program “Autograph of History”, Ph.D., researcher of the…
“Archival history” – Church for the benefit of the state
Social, economic and spiritual grounds of the Church reform of Peter the Great on the bais of the documents from collections of Northern monasteries and archbishops’ houses. Senior researcher Cand. Sc. in History Nikita Bashnin tells the audience about the collection of docuements on this issue in program “Archival History”.
Preliminary results of the conference “Penmen books and other mass sources of the 16th-21st centuries”
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…
International scientific conference timed to the 250th anniversary of the birth of M. M. Speransky
St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences invites you to take part in the International Scientific Conference “The Great Reformer of Russia: on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (1772 – 1839)”. The conference aims to a comprehensive study of state activity and the…
“Young scholars of the 21st century”. The conference of scholars-beginners
On April 12, 2017 at the Academics’ House named after Maxim Gorkii (Palace embankment, 26) the conference of scholars-beginners “Young scholars of the 21st century” took place. This event engages pupils and students of other secondary education institutions of Saint Petersburg and has been carried out for 21st time in a row by the…