Romanov Boris

Romanov Boris (1889–1957) – historian.

In 1912, he graduated from the Historical and Philological Faculty of the St. Petersburg University. After it, he stayed at the chair to prepare himself for the Professor position.

In 1918-1929, he worked at the Central Archive (Main Archive); since 1925, he was there Deputy Chief Manager of Economical Section, and Deputy Head of the Archival Deposit for People’s Economics, Common Life, Culture and Law; in 1928, he became Head of the First Economical Department.

In 1927-1930, he worked at the Leningrad Institute of Marxism.

In 1929-1930, he was Academic Secretary of the Historical-Economical Department of the Russian Museum.

In 1941, he defended his thesis ‘Essays of Diplomatic History at the Russian-Japanese War’.

For religious studies the most important work by R. is the book ‘People and Habits of Old Rus’ (1947).

Compositions

Witte and the Concession on the River of Yalu: Documentary Comment to the ‘Memories’ by Count S. Yu. Witte // Collection of Articles on the Russian History, for S. F. Platonov. Petrograd, 1922, pp. 140-167. (in Rus.)
Russia in Manchuria (1892-1906): Essays on the History of the Foreign Policy of the Autocracy in the Epoch of Imperialism / Edit. V. Yu. Wize and R. L. Samoilovich. Leningrad, 1928. (in Rus.)
Essays of Diplomatic History at the Russian-Japanese War, 1895-1907. 2nd publ., Moscow – Leningrad, 1955. (in Rus.)
The Native Land of Athanasius Nikitin – Tver’ of the Thirteenth – Fifteenth Centuries: Historical and Political Essay // A Journey Beyond the Three Seas by Athanasius Nikitin 1466-1472. Moscow – Leningrad, 1948, pp. 80-106. (in Rus.)
People and Habits of Old Rus’. Leningrad, 1947 (2nd publ.: Moscow – Leningrad, 1966; 3rd publ.: Moscow, 2002). (in Rus.)

Bibliography

Boris Aleksandrovich Romanov: by the 120th Anniversary. Bibliographical Index / Comp. А. S. Krymskaya; edit. V. М. Paneyakh. St. Petersburg, 2011. (in Rus.)
Paneyakh V. М., Ganelin R. Sh. A List of Works by B. A. Romanov // Istoricheskie zapiski. 1958, iss. 62, pp. 290-295. (in Rus.)

About him

Paneyakh V. М. The Work and Destiny of Historian: Boris Aleksandrovich Romanov. St. Petersburg, 2000. (in Rus.)
Ekaterina Nickolaevna Kusheva – Boris Aleksandrovich Romanov: Correspondence of 1940 – 1957 / Comp. V. М. Paneyakh. St. Petersburg, 2010. (in Rus.)
Boris Aleksandrovich Romanov: Obituary // Voprosy istorii. 1957, No 12, pp. 213-214. (in Rus.)
Nikiforov V. N. Boris Aleksandrovich Romanov: by the 80th Anniversary // Narody Asii i Afriki. 1969, No 3, pp. 208-209. (in Rus.)
Valk S. N. Boris Aleksandrovich Romanov // Istoricheskie zapiski. 1958, iss. 62, pp. 270-283. (in Rus.)

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