Institute of History of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences


The Institute of History of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

is an integral part of the Historical and Philological Studies
Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Currently, as a result of the
dissolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
the Institute is subordinate to the Federal Agency of
Scientific Institutions. It is a unique Russian academic
institution focused on comprehensive studies
of history of Siberia in from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

History

The Institute was founded in 2007 after dissolution of a larger
institution, which encompassed the studies of history, languages and philosophy in Siberia.
The Institute was established on the foundation of the Unified Institute of history, philology, and philosophy of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The Unified Institute was created on December 23, 1966, on the basis of the Humanities Research Department in the Institute of Economics and Industrial Production, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences..

Structure

Structure of the Institute
Sector of archaeography and source study
Sector history of the second half of the 16th – early 20th century.
Sector of the history of socio-political development
Sector for the History of Social and Economic Development
Sector of Agrarian History
Sector for Historical and Demographic Studies

Moved to another institution

Member of Russian Academy of Sciences Vuacheslav I. Molodin.

Deceased

Member of Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolay N. Pokrovsky.

Publishing activity

The Institute of History publishes many books, articles, an
academic journal and encyclopedic editions.

Academic journal

Humanities in Siberia
Humanities in Siberia
is an academic journal published four times a year since 1959 in Russian language about history of Siberia in the 16th—21st centuries.
The journal has its own page on the website of the Institute and an English version of the web-site.

Encyclopedic editions

In 2009 the Institute has published Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia in three volume. The web version is available