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The memoirs of N.N. Pokrovskii “Last at Mariinsky palace: the memoirs of the Minister for Foreign Affairs” edited by S.V. Kulikov and D.N. Shilov have been published in the “Russia in memoirs” book series. The reader is presented the memoirs compiled not by a statesman but by a “scientist at power” who impartially verified party…
Conferences in 2024
Conferences in 2024
The Seminar on the Old Russian History
St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University in cooperation carried out a meeting of the Seminar on the Old Russian History which was held on November 26, 2020, online. At the session A.A. Kostin (National Research University Higher School of Economics;…
To the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Table of Ranks
To the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Table of Ranks Established three hundred years ago – January 24 (February 4), 1722 – by decree of Emperor Peter I, the “Table of Ranks” for almost 200 years until November 1917 determined not only the order of public service but also the system of social…
On Aleksander Il’ich Kopanev’s centenary
On October 20, 2015 a special joint session of the Scientific council of SPbIH and Saint Petersburg branch of Archaeography commission of the RAS dated for the centenary of an outstanding historian, specialist in source studies and archaeographer Aleksander Il’ich Kopanev took place. This session was divided into two parts: one with the scientific reports…
A greeting card signed by Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna
A greeting card signed by Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895–1918), the eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholai II, is addressed to the Chief Chamberlain of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Elizaveta Alekseevna Naryshkina. Today, this document from fund 76 (A.A. Kurakin) of the Archive of SPbIH of the RAS is presented at a virtual exhibition. The exhibition…