The 8th Nansen Readings

Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences offers for foreign scholars special programs of practical training and further training. We have established relations with universities and research institutions from Finland, Germany, France, USA and South Korea. Eminently qualified specialists in Russian and General History, historiography and source studies working at the institute…

  Employees of Saint Petersburg Institute of  History cordially congratulate Doctor of Sciences in History, professor, Laureate of the State prize of the USSR, associate researcher of the Institute Aleksandr Zavelevich Vakser with 95-year anniversary. Being a well-known specialist in economic history of the Soviet society and in history of the working class of the…

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”…

Main journal policy The journal is published since 2014. It was founded by Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian academy of Sciences. Publication Frequency. New issue publishes quarterly (four times in a year): March (№1), June (№2), September (№3), December (№4) Journal’s research areas. The journal accepts articles, documents and papers in Russian…

Saint Petersburg Institute of History announces that entire archive of all the issues of the Proceedings of SPbII RAN (LOII) since 1959 till 2016 has been digitized and is available at the institute’s website. It will be replenished with every new issue.