A new book by Ekaterina Boltunova and Galina Egorova
A new book "Territory and history: late Soviet projects of «Hero Cities» and the «Golden Ring»" by the Head of the Laboratory Ekaterina Boltunova and Research Fellow Galina Egorova was published in December 2022 (Publishing House "Kuchkovo Pole").

Maria Ivanova took part in the annual conference of the North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (NESEEES)
The annual conference of NESEEES (North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, New York, USA) was held online on April 30. Laboratory's research assistant Maria Ivanova took part in the conference and had a presentation "Smolensk province after the War of 1812 in mental geography: between symbolic glory and economic marginalization".

Ekaterina Boltunova and Galina Egorova at the International Workshop "State Descriptions Revisited: Historical Forms of Territorial Representations, 18th - 21st Centuries"
On January 21, 2022, Ekaterina Boltunova, Head of the Laboratory, and Galina Egorova, Research Fellow of the Laboratory, presented a paper "Russia’s “Golden Ring”: Imperial Basis for Late Soviet Tourist Route" at the International Workshop "State Descriptions Revisited: Historical Forms of Territorial Representations, 18th - 21st Centuries", organized by Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies.

The International Laboratory 'Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective' has recently signed an agreement on academic cooperation
The International Laboratory 'Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective' has recently signed an agreement on academic cooperation with Irkutsk State University.

Maria Dolgova took part in the conference "With and After Empire: Enduring Pasts Across the Local and the Global"
The annual conference of CBEES (Centre for Baltic and East European Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden, Stockholm) "With and After Empire: Enduring Pasts Across the Local and the Global" was held on November 25-26. Laboratory's research assistant Maria Dolgova took part in the conference and had a presentation "The Origin of Ladies-in-Waiting of the Russian Imperial Court During the Reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855)".

A new article by Yury Akimov in Journal of Early Modern History
A new article "Political Claims, an Extensible Name, and a Divine Mission: Ideology of Russian Expansion in Siberia" by the Leading Research Fellow Yury Akimov was published in the Journal of Early Modern History' fourth issue for 2021.

Champagne and Unsanitary Conditions: Trade in Siberia 150 Years Ago
The increasing application of law in various spheres of life in the Russian empire promoted trade regulation and influenced everyday trade practices—even in remote regions. Tradespeople, in turn, tried to limit the application of new regulations while using laws to serve their own interests. HSE University has hosted a seminar on trade in Siberia in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

A new article by Ekaterina Boltunova in the journal "Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie"
A new article “’I Have Spoken the Word of Truth Before You!’: Alexander I’s Speech in the Grand Duchy of Finland and Congress Poland” by the Laboratory Head Ekaterina Boltunova was published in the fifth issue of the journal "Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie" for 2021.

A new post-doc joined the Laboratory
Yulia Egorova joined the International Laboratory 'Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective' under the HSE University Russian Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.

A new book review by Galina Egorova in the journal "Neprikosnovennyj zapas"
A new review on Vladimir Kruglov’s book "Organizaciya territorii Rossii v 1917-2007 gg.: idei, praktika, rezul'taty" (2020) by the research fellow of the laboratory Galina Egorova was published in the second issue of the journal "Neprikosnovennyj zapas" for 2021.