The Presidential Library’s video lecture to be devoted to the famous scientist Ruslan Skrynnikov

On December 9, 2022 at 11:00 am Moscow time the Presidential Library will host a video lecture from the cycle Outstanding Historians of the 19th–20th Centuries as part of the Knowledge of Russia project devoted to the memory of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation Ruslan Skrynnikov. The event is held in cooperation with the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

During the lecture, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Ancient History of Russia of the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences Pavel Sedov will tell about the contribution of Ruslan Skrynnikov to Russian historical science and share his memories of the outstanding scientist who was his teacher and mentor.

Ruslan Skrynnikov is the author of numerous monographs and research papers on the history of Russia in the 16th–17th centuries, as well as textbooks on Russian history. Among his works are such works as The Beginning of the Oprichnina (1966), Russia on the Eve of the Time of Troubles (1981), Yermak's Siberian Expedition (1982), The Socio-Political Struggle in the Russian State at the Beginning of the 17th Century (1985), Duel of Pushkin (1999) and a number of others.

The video lecture Ruslan Grigoryevich Skrynnikov and Problems of National History will be the seventh in the series of lectures Outstanding Historians of the 19th-20th Centuries. The lecture is free. The video lecture will be broadcast on the Presidential Library’s portal in Live Broadcasts section in accordance with the program of live events as well as on the institution’s Rutube-channel.

The Presidential Library, having the status of the National Library of Russia, is a nationwide electronic repository of digital copies of the most important documents on the history, theory and practice of Russian statehood, the Russian language, and also a multimedia, multifunctional, cultural, educational, scientific, information and analytical center.

The institution’s portal features the collection Academy of Sciences and the Formation of Russian Science. It includes archive documents, research papers, visual materials, periodicals as well as works of members of the Academy of Sciences.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 102:00 December 8, 2022.

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, hamiceva@prlib.ru Irina Khamitseva, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 781; mob. +7 918 826-06-03.

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.

Access 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.