Scientific seminar “Russia in the Modern Era (the 18th – beginning of the 20th cc.): the state and the society”

The first session of the Seminar on the Old Russian history (Drevnerusskii seminar) organized by SPbIH of the RAS in collaboration with the Institute of history of SPbSU took place on October 15, 2015 at the conference hall of SPbIH. At this meeting the report delivered by D.D. Smirnova “The letters (encyclicals) of Novgorod archbishop…

On November 25, 2015 the results of the 8th Public contest “Topical science” (Aktualnaya nauka) conducted in commemoration of O.N. Ken were summed up. The Polish Institute in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS and the Institute of History and Political Science of the University of Białystok announce the completion of…

  “Kuchkovo pole” publ. in the book series “Zhivaya istoria” (“Live history”) issued the memoirs of V.N. Shakhovskoi “Tak prohidit mirskaya slava. 1893-1917” (“Sic transit gloria mundi. 1893-1917”) ISBN 978-5-9950-0990-0 (“Kuchkovo pole”); ISBN 978-5-9907259-8-0 (“Retrospektiva”). The publication provided with introductory article and commentary was composed by S.V. Kulikov. The author of the memoirs is now…

  “Dmitrii Bulanin” publishing house issued the next 35th volume of collection of articles “Auxiliary historical disciplines” (“Auxiliary sciences of history”/”Vspomogatelnye istoricheskie discipliny”). It incorporates articles on different aspects of auxiliary sciences of history: source studies of Byzantine, Medieval Russian, Balcanic manuscripts; sigillography (sphragistics) of Russian documents of 18th century; etc. All the articles and…

  “G’yole” publishers issued new book by P.V. Krylov “Four centuries of Swedish Vyborg” (“Chetyre veka shvedskogo Vyborga”). ISBN 978-5-90479-093-6 The book presents to the readers the review of the Swedish period of the history of Vyborg in the broad Russian and European context. Based on the experience of numerous walks in the historic part…