The Seminar on the Old Russian History

On May 17-19, 2022, the international scientific conference “The Significance of the Transformations of Peter the Great in the New and Contemporary History of Russia” will be held, timed to coincide with the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great. The conference was organized by: the Institute of Russian History of the Russian…

During the Forum  «Classical Studies’ Days in Saint Petersburg. 150 years anniversary of M.I. Rostovtsev»  for the session «M.I. Rostovtsev and Classical Studies Triunity: History, Archaeology, Philology»,which took place on October 28, 2020at SPbIH of the RAS the employees of the Library of the Institute installed an exhibition «The books of M.I. Rostovtsev in the…

  On May 23, 2017 a group of students from department of Modern history of Eastern Europe of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg under supervision of professor Dr. Julia Obertreis and Dr. Moritz Florin visited the Institute. Students participated in the round-table discussion on topical issues of historiography and methodology of study of the Revolution of 1917. The…

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…

All-Russian Museum and Historical Project “Alexander Nevsky: The Great Northern Route”.  To the 800th anniversary of the statesman, commander and saint.          Prince Alexander Nevsky, an outstanding commander, political and statesman of Russia in the 13th century, played a big role in the history of Russia, not only in the era when he lived. In…