The Presidential Library’s video lecture devoted to famous historian Boris Ananyich

On May 6, 2022 at 13:00 Moscow time the Presidential Library will host a video lecture dedicated to Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Boris Ananyich as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. The event, organized jointly with the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will be the fourth in the series of lectures "Outstanding Historians of the 19th-20th Centuries".

The authoritative scientist Boris Vasilyevich Ananyich (1931–2015) was born in Leningrad. He was a major specialist in the economic history of Russia, one of the best experts in the history of Russian finance at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the pioneers of modern study of the history of Russian private entrepreneurship. For almost 60 years he worked at the Leningrad branch of the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now St. Petersburg Institute of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences) and for more than 4 decades he taught at the Faculty of History of Leningrad State University (today St. Petersburg State University). In student circles, Ananyich spoke with great respect, invariably adding that "he will have to work much".

Sergey Lebedev, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the New History of Russia Department of the RAS, will attend the video lecture entitled “Politics and Economics of the Russian Empire in the Works of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Boris Ananyich”. He will talk about the legacy of the scientist analyzing his main works.

The academician's daughter, Deputy Head of the Department of the Ancient World of the State Hermitage, Elena Ananyich, will share her memories of her father.

The event is free. The meeting will be broadcast on the Presidential Library’s portal in Live broadcasts section in accordance with the program of live events, on the institution's RuTube- and Telegram channels.

Cooperation between the Presidential Library and the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences is actively developing. In 2019 a series of six lectures devoted to the territories of Russia as part of the Russian Empire was held. They are available on the Presidential Library’s portal.

Interactive lessons and video lectures are regularly held at the Presidential Library. Detailed information is available on the institution's portal in Multimedia Lessons section and in the Video lecture - for school section which features records of lectures and open lessons held at the Presidential Library.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 14:00 May 5, 2022

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, hudjakova@prlib.ru Alexandra Khudyakova, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 167; mob. +7 (981) 788-28-08.

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.

In order to reduce the risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.