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A new book
“Istoricheskaya Illustratsiya” publ. issued a new monograph by Z.V. Dmitrieva and S.A. Kozlov “Taxes and wars in Russia of 16th-18th cent.” [“Nalogi i voiny v Rossii XVI-XVIII vv.”]. ISBN 978-5-89566-207-6 The monograph deals with the history of the Russian taxation in 16th-18th centuries in the context of “taxes-wars” issue. The authors outlined the impact of geopolitical…
12th International Colloquium on Russian History
From June 6 to June 8, 2022, the next 12th International Colloquium on Russian history “BORDERS OF THE POLITICAL IN RUSSIA OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th – FIRST QUARTER OF 20th CENTURIES” will be held in St. Petersburg. The aim of the upcoming colloquium is to look at the political processes in Russia…
The international scientific conference “The Great Reformer of Russia: to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (1772-1839)
St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences invites you to take part in the International Scientific Conference “The Great Reformer of Russia: on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (1772 – 1839)”. The conference aims to a comprehensive study of state activity and the reformist heritage of the largest representative of the Russian administrative elite of the 19th century – M. M. Speransky, an analysis of his contribution to the process of modernization of imperial Russia, the development of its state and public institutions.
About archive practice for students from Petrozavodsk State University
Scientific-research paleography practice for students from Petrozavodsk State University was conducted from June, 29 till July, 3 at Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the RAS. First-year, second-year and third-year students from the Department of History participated in this practice. During the period of practice the scholars of the Institute delivered summarizing lectures and carried…
Memorial items of Academician N.P. Likhachev at St. Petersburg Institute of History: an exhibition of gifts
At the meeting of the Second Likhachev Readings on April 14, 2022, a ceremony was held to donate the memorial items of Nikolai Petrovich Likhachev and his entourage to St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the organization of a memorial room in his memory. The virtual exhibition presents photographs…
History of the Time of Troubles – video lectures in the Presidential Library
On November 1, 2022 at the Presidential Library within the framework of the project “Knowledge about Russia” a video lecture “Time of Troubles. Problems of source studies and historiography” took place. The event was timed to the Day of National Unity. Researchers from St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences took…

