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.
A new article by Ekaterina Boltunova in the journal "Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History"
A new article "The Last King of Poland: Nicholas I’s Warsaw Coronation and Russian-Polish Historical Memory" by the Laboratory Head Ekaterina Boltunova was published in the second issue of the journal "Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History" for 2021.
The International Laboratory 'Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective' has recently signed an agreement with the State Archive of the Vladimir Region
The International Laboratory 'Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective' has recently signed an agreement on cooperation with the State Archive of the Vladimir Region
A new book review by Galina Egorova in the journal "Slavic Review"
A new review on the book "Vera i lichnost΄v meniaiushchemsia obshchestve: Avtobiografika i pravoslavie v Rossii kontsa XVII-nachala XX veka . Ed. Laurie Manchester and Denis Sdvizhkov. Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2019. 408 pp" by the research fellow of the laboratory Galina Egorova was published in the first issue of the journal "Slavic Review" for 2021.
Conference Brings Together New Perspectives on the Russian Far East
On March 28-31, 2021, the HSE International Laboratory ‘Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective’ held an international conference ‘The Russian Far East: Regional and Transnational Perspectives (19th -21st cent.)’. The event was jointly organized by the Laboratory with the German Historical Institute Moscow, Indiana University Bloomington (USA), and the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East FEB RAS (Vladivostok).
Call for applications: Summer School in Potsdam and Pskov
International Laboratory “Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective” proposes to apply for the Interdisciplinary Summer School "Russia's Northwest: Local and Regional Aspects in the Cultural Memory of a Border Region" which will take place in summer 2021 in Potsdam and Pskov.
British Scholar on Exploring Russian History
On February 9, the HSE International Laboratory 'Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective' hosted Janet Hartley (London School of Economics), who presented her recent monograph The Volga: A History of Russia’s Greatest River. The presentation was part of a joint lecture series between the Laboratory and The Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation. HSE news service spoke with Janet Hartley about her interest in Russia, her experience travelling and doing research in Russia, and the books she has written on Russia.