National Library of Russia
Biographic Data
| ID | 9449465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | National Library of Russia |
| GIVEN NAMES | National Library of |
| FAMILY NAME | Russia |
| SIGNATURE | RUSSIA N L O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Ideological Legacy of Michael Speransky and the Problems of Maritime Legislation
The article is devoted to the project of creating a Digest of Maritime Laws, developed in 1833 in the maritime department and the influence of the experience of Michael Speransky on its key characteristics. Based on archival materials from the Russian State Archive of the Navy and the Manuscripts Department of the Russian National Library, a project for systematization of maritime legislation was investigated, which appeared as an attempt to stre…
Ruling Pattern of the Parchment Codices in the Context of the Technological Development of Ancient Russian Booklore
At the beginning of the 15th century, there was a process of transition from manual to mechanical ruling or ruling pattern. With this type of ruling, the result was achieved not by running the tip of a knife or an awl over the parchment, but by using a template. A similar tool had been used since the 12th century in Oriental manuscripts and was called “mastara”. In Europe, it was called “tabula ad rigandum” in Latin, “planche à régler” in French,…
Jozef Oleszkiewicz as a Participant of an Academic Exhibition in 1814
Jozef Oleszkiewicz, a native of the Polish-Lithuanian lands, was a talented portrait painter who settled on the banks of the Neva at the beginning of the 19th century and was elected academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Oleszkiewicz was known to the Polish community of St. Petersburg not only as an artist who had his own unique painting style and gained popularity among the fair sex for his ability to create inspired portraits of women, b…
Technological Peculiarities of Old Russian Books as Reflected in Early Modern Inventories of Monastic Libraries
The paper analyzes inventories of the late 15th–17th centuries from four major Russian monasteries: St Cyril’s of Belozersk, The Solovetsky monastery, Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery, and The Holy Trinity – St Sergius monastery. These inventories list the monasteries’ property for its safekeeping. The inventories of monastic libraries contain valuable information about the system of book keeping and the development of bibliography in Old Rus’. They …
On the Unknown Historical Work by Feofan Prokopovich
The article introduces a previously unknown text of the Genealogy of Russian Sovereigns from the collections of the Department of Manuscripts of the Russian National Library, which contains the engraving program of A. F. Zubov’s “Portrait of Catherine I surrounded by medallions with portraits of Russian princes and tsars” of 1725. It also reveals the source of this “Genealogy” in the form of a historical and genealogical introduction to the anony…
Awards from the Sovereign for Replenishing the Customs and Excise Treasury (1620s – Early 1630s)
This article considers awards from the sovereign granted to customs heads and tselovalniki (sworn men) for replenishing the customs and excise treasury between the 1620s and 1630s when the income they provided exceeded the pre-determined amount. It is possible to find information about these awards in notes made by contemporaries and in the historical literature, but, thus far, there has been no special study devoted to them. Referring to records…
Military Officers of the Russian Imperial Guard as Viewed by their Subordinates (Diary of Vladimir Savonko, 1899–1909)
This article introduces the previously unstudied diaries of V. S. Savonko, an officer of the Life Guard of the First Artillery Brigade, which were kept between 1899 and 1909. The analysis of the author makes it possible to demonstrate the way subordinates perceived the field officers of the Brigade. The diary points out positive and negative features of the commanders and contains some criticism from lower-ranking officers. Most particularly, the…
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Military Officers of the Russian Imperial Guard as Viewed by their Subordinates (Diary of Vladimir Savonko, 1899–1909)
This article introduces the previously unstudied diaries of V. S. Savonko, an officer of the Life Guard of the First Artillery Brigade, which were kept between 1899 and 1909. The analysis of the author makes it possible to demonstrate the way subordinates perceived the field officers of the Brigade. The diary points out positive and negative features of the commanders and contains some criticism from lower-ranking officers. Most particularly, the…
Awards from the Sovereign for Replenishing the Customs and Excise Treasury (1620s – Early 1630s)
This article considers awards from the sovereign granted to customs heads and tselovalniki (sworn men) for replenishing the customs and excise treasury between the 1620s and 1630s when the income they provided exceeded the pre-determined amount. It is possible to find information about these awards in notes made by contemporaries and in the historical literature, but, thus far, there has been no special study devoted to them. Referring to records…
Technological Peculiarities of Old Russian Books as Reflected in Early Modern Inventories of Monastic Libraries
The paper analyzes inventories of the late 15th–17th centuries from four major Russian monasteries: St Cyril’s of Belozersk, The Solovetsky monastery, Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery, and The Holy Trinity – St Sergius monastery. These inventories list the monasteries’ property for its safekeeping. The inventories of monastic libraries contain valuable information about the system of book keeping and the development of bibliography in Old Rus’. They …
On the Unknown Historical Work by Feofan Prokopovich
The article introduces a previously unknown text of the Genealogy of Russian Sovereigns from the collections of the Department of Manuscripts of the Russian National Library, which contains the engraving program of A. F. Zubov’s “Portrait of Catherine I surrounded by medallions with portraits of Russian princes and tsars” of 1725. It also reveals the source of this “Genealogy” in the form of a historical and genealogical introduction to the anony…
Jozef Oleszkiewicz as a Participant of an Academic Exhibition in 1814
Jozef Oleszkiewicz, a native of the Polish-Lithuanian lands, was a talented portrait painter who settled on the banks of the Neva at the beginning of the 19th century and was elected academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Oleszkiewicz was known to the Polish community of St. Petersburg not only as an artist who had his own unique painting style and gained popularity among the fair sex for his ability to create inspired portraits of women, b…
Ruling Pattern of the Parchment Codices in the Context of the Technological Development of Ancient Russian Booklore
At the beginning of the 15th century, there was a process of transition from manual to mechanical ruling or ruling pattern. With this type of ruling, the result was achieved not by running the tip of a knife or an awl over the parchment, but by using a template. A similar tool had been used since the 12th century in Oriental manuscripts and was called “mastara”. In Europe, it was called “tabula ad rigandum” in Latin, “planche à régler” in French,…
The Ideological Legacy of Michael Speransky and the Problems of Maritime Legislation
The article is devoted to the project of creating a Digest of Maritime Laws, developed in 1833 in the maritime department and the influence of the experience of Michael Speransky on its key characteristics. Based on archival materials from the Russian State Archive of the Navy and the Manuscripts Department of the Russian National Library, a project for systematization of maritime legislation was investigated, which appeared as an attempt to stre…
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