On December 16, 2015 the book exhibition “On 190-year anniversary of the Decembrist uprising” timed to the International scientific conference “Historical memory of Russia and the Decembrists. 1825-2015” was opened at the Conference hall of Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS. It was organized by the Library of the institute and prepared by librarian I.N. Shepyreva. At this exhibition 34 scientific works (monographs, historiography works, collections of articles, collections of documents) were presented to the participants and guests of the conference. Among the exhibits there were not only library books but also publications given by T.V. Andreeva and P.V. Ilyin.