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The book contains descriptions of 35 unique manuscripts from the Persian manuscript collection of St Petersburg University. Many of these manuscripts have been presented to the scholarly community for the first time. Russian and Iranian codicologists, academics and librarians contributed to the publication. The album was compiled by Olga Yastrebova, Associate Professor in the Department of Persian Philology at St Petersburg University. We asked her how the manuscripts were selected for the publication, what mysteries they have yet to reveal and why it is important to study them. The Persian manuscript collection of St Petersburg University comprises over 600 manuscripts.…
St Petersburg University has held the 7th All-Russian Research and Practical Conference 'The Bigiev Readings'. This year, its focus is ‘Islamic Theological Thought: Global Crises and Ways to Overcome Them'. The conference brought together representatives of the religious and academic…
A remote meeting has been held with representatives of Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman). The meeting attendees discussed the development of inter-university cooperation. Opening the meeting, Sergey Andryushin, Deputy Rector for International Affairs, noted that St Petersburg University is…
At the meeting, the experts talked about various aspects of their work and shared experience with their colleagues abroad. Nikolay Kropachev, Rector of St Petersburg University, Chair of the KRD Coordinating Committee on the Russian side, gave a welcoming address…
St Petersburg University is pleased to announce the launch of a new online course ‘The Literary Treasury of the Middle East’. It is already available for enrolment on the national OpenEdu platform, and will soon be launched on the international…
A videoconference with representatives of Qatar University has been held at St Petersburg University to discuss joint research, development of student and teacher exchanges, and organising language testing in Russian and Arabic. St Petersburg University Language Testing Centres operate in…
St Petersburg University Publishing House has released the autobiographical book ‘Fate of Moon Jae-in’ authored by the President of the Republic of Korea. The University staff and graduates have worked on this publication. Natalia Dmitrievskaia, a lecturer in the Department…
The opening ceremony of the St Petersburg University Language Testing Centre for Russian as a foreign language has taken place at Tsinghua University in Beijing. It was part of the 2nd Forum dedicated to the Strategic Alliance between Russia and China. In his welcoming address, Vice Chairman of the Council of Tsinghua…
The Almanac of Contemporary Russian prose’ has recently been published in Turkey in the Turkish language. The long-term educational project initiated by St Petersburg University has already introduced the works of famous and new writers to the Chinese audience. It…
Alexander Zheltov was a student of Dmitry Olderogge, one of the founding fathers of the St Petersburg school of African studies. He was also in touch with his uncle, the renowned Africanist and human rights activist Nikolai Girenko. Today, Professor…
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