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On October 29–30, 2020 in Arkhangelsk the international scientific conference “The Svalbard archipelago: From terra nullius to the site of interaction. On the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Svalbard Treaty” will take place. The conference is organised by St Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences; Federal Research Center for Integrated Arctic…
Classical Studies’ Days in Saint Petersburg
On October 28, 2020, as part of the forum «Classical Studies’ Days in Saint Petersburg. 150 years anniversary of M.I. Rostovtsev» at the Conference Hall of SPbIH of the RAS the session «M.I. Rostovtsev and Classical Studies Triunity: History, Archaeology, Philology».The session starts at 16.00. The agenda of the session (in Russian) …
New book
“Avrora” publishing house issued a new edition of the book composed by A.I. Rupasov and A.N. Chistikov entitled “Russian-Finnish border. 1918-1938. Studies on its history” («Sovetsko-finlyandskaya granitsa. 1918—1938 gg. Ocherki istorii»). Since the moment Finland became independent the problem of border demarcation emerged. This process took almost twenty years. Due to mutual jealousy supported on the…
New series of popular science brochures
The first issue in the series of popular science brochures dealing with Novgorod deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Empire “Matvei Shulgin. Mayor of Borovichi – the deputy of the third Duma” (“Matvei Shulgin. Gorodskoi golova Borovichei –deputat Tretiei Dumy”), composed by B.N. Kovalev, has been published. The book was prepared with…
New publication
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The diploma of Emperor Otto I the Great – the virtual exhibition
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