The 8th Nansen Readings

On May 29, 2016 Doctor of Sciences in Philology, professor Boris Fedorovich Yegorov, well-known Russian philologist, historian and specialist in the history of Russian literature and social thought of the 19th century, celebrates his 90-years anniversary. Boris Fedorovich in every place of his work was constantly held in respect by his colleagues-scholars, students and post-graduate…

Dear colleagues! The Presidential Library, the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences invite to participate in the scientific conference “The book culture of the Muscovite Rus’ of 15th-17th cc.” [“Knizhnaya kul’tura Moskovskoi Rusi XV-XVII vv.”]. The conference is to be held on…

Saint-Petersburg Institute of History annually publishes “Auxiliary Sciences of History”, a journal having a mark of the Scientific division on History and Philology of the RAS (Otdelenie istoriko-filologicheskikh nauk RAN) and Saint-Petersburg branch of the Archaeography commission of the RAS. The periodical was established in 1937 by academician M.N. Tikhomirov and professor S.N.Valk and renewed…

On September 26, 2016 the session of Saint Petersburg division of the Archaeographic Commission of the RAS was held at Saint Petersburg Institute of History. The participants were welcomed by director of the Institute N.N. Smirnov, who emphasized the importance of the recommencement of the division’s activity. The members of the department discussed different issues…

What one may find interesting and unexpected in genealogy of the nobles of the Linevs kin, which was composed at the end of the 17th century but wasn’t sent to the Chamber of genealogy cases, and at our times discovered in the Archive of St. Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS? Aleksey Vladimirovich Sirenov, Director…