The archaeological circle (later the archeology sector) was organized in the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers in 1970.

During the year, students undergo theoretical and practical training for summer expeditions, go on specialized excursions, and meet with scientists. The comprehensive program includes courses in archaeology, ethnography, oriental studies and auxiliary historical disciplines. Students have the opportunity to create an individual educational route.

In the summer, teenagers 14-17 years old work on real archaeological expeditions organized by scientific institutions of the city and country. High school students participate in regional and all-Russian conferences and local history readings, where they are repeatedly awarded diplomas.

Many students, after completing their collective studies, choose archeology, oriental studies and other related disciplines as professions.

Our graduates are currently working in major scientific institutions: the Hermitage, the Institute of the History of Material Culture, the Kunstkamera and others. They lead scientific expeditions in the North-West of Russia, Crimea, Siberia, and Central Asia. Many graduates received academic degrees and are authors of scientific monographs.

Schoolchildren from grades 2-11 are accepted into the team.

Comprehensive program in archeology and oriental studies:
For students in grades 7-11

• Basics of Archeology
• Field archeology and reconstruction
• Old Russian archeology
• History and culture of Byzantium
• Viking Age in Eastern Europe
• Archeology of Siberia
• Archeology and culture of the East. Far East
• Archeology and culture of the East. Near East
• The Historian's Craft

Ethnography programs:
For students in grades 6-7

• Fundamentals of ethnography and museology. Entertaining regional studies
• Country studies: Europe

Preparatory cycle programs:
For students in grades 2-6:

• How to become an archaeologist (grade 2-3)
• Mysteries of ancient things (grade 3)
• Archeostudio. Myths, fairy tales, legends of the peoples of the world (grades 4-5)
• Archeology of Dreams. Great civilizations of antiquity (grades 5-6)

Management

Tamara Aleksandrovna Zheglova– Head of the Archeology Sector

Teachers

• Apatina Tatyana Vladimirovna – programs: “Fundamentals of ethnography and museology. Entertaining regional studies", "Country studies: Europe"
• Gusentsova Tatyana Matveevna, Candidate of Historical Sciences – program “Field Archeology and Reconstruction”
• Zheglova Tamara Aleksandrovna – programs: “Ancient Russian Archeology”, “Fundamentals of Archaeology”, “The Viking Age in Eastern Europe”, “History and Culture of Byzantium”
• Kuznetsova Tatyana Romanovna – program “Archaeology and culture of the East. Near East"
• Lurie Vera Mikhailovna – program “Fundamentals of Archeology”
• Novoselova Nadezhda Yurievna – programs: “Mysteries of ancient things”, “How to become an archaeologist”, “Archaeology of dreams. Great civilizations of antiquity"
• Sirotova Lyubov Valerievna – programs: “Archaeology of dreams. Great civilizations of antiquity", "Archaeostudio. Myths, fairy tales, legends of the peoples of the world”, “How to become an archaeologist”
• Trubnikova Varvara Borisovna – program “Archaeology and culture of the East. Far East", "Archaeology of Siberia"
• Travkin Sergey Nikolaevich, Candidate of Historical Sciences – program “The Craft of the Historian”

University archeology: past and present.

Materials of the International Scientific Conference dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the first department of archeology in Russia, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg State University, October 19-21, 2016.

// St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University. 2017. 244 p.

Responsible editor I.L. Tikhonov.

[ annotation: ]

This publication contains materials from the International Scientific Conference “University Archeology: Past and Present”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the first department of archeology in Russia - the Department of Archeology of St. Petersburg State University, and consists of three sections. The first is devoted to various aspects and directions of educational and scientific activities of the Department of Archeology and its outstanding representatives. The second section contains materials related to various problems of professional training of archaeologists in Russian and foreign universities, both in the historiographical and in the modern relevant aspect, especially after the transition of domestic higher education to a two-level training system. The third section is dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the birth of Professor A.D. Stolyar (1921-2014), who headed the department from 1972 to 1996.

The publication is intended for specialist archaeologists, historians, museum workers, teachers and anyone interested in Russian archaeology.

Preface [ I.L. Tikhonov]. - 3

Section I. The Department of Archeology of St. Petersburg State University is 80 years old.

Zakharova E.Yu. The formation of archeology at Voronezh State University (1940-1950s): the role of Leningrad scientists. - 8

Klein L.S. On the ideal environment for teaching archeology. - 13

Mikhailova E.R. About topochrons, warangics and metaphysics of St. Petersburg: ideas of G.S. Lebedev in the archeology of the North-West. - 19

Nosov E.N. IN AND. Ravdonikas and his Ladoga epic. - 25

Platonova N.I. Interfaculty seminar on problems of ethnogenesis and ethnic history (headed by A.S. Gerd - G.S. Lebedev): key ideas and contributions to archaeological Slavic studies. - 33

Ryabtseva S.S. Ancient Rus' - Moravia - Danube (one of the research directions at the Department of Archeology of Leningrad State University). - 41

Sedykh V.N. Yaroslavl region of the Middle Ages in the research of St. Petersburg University. - 48

Tikhonov I.L. Traditions of studying and teaching the history of archeology at St. Petersburg University. - 58

Sharov O.V. M.B. Shchukin and the Gothic Problem. - 69

Section II. Archaeological education: past, present, future.

Belozerova I.V., Kuzminykh S.V. Vasily Alekseevich Gorodtsov and the Institute of Archeology and Art History RANION: at the origins of the formation of the Moscow archaeological school. - 78

Bessudnov A.N. Problems and prospects of archaeological education in pedagogical universities. - 88

Burovsky A.M. Teaching as a source of professional growth. - 93

Guryanov V.N., Chubur A.A. Provincial university in Russian archeology (using the example of Bryansk State University). - 97

Detlova E.V. Gero von Mergart and his “Marburg school”. - 103

Kaiser E., Safonov I.E. Training of archaeologists in prehistoric archeology at universities in Germany. - 109

Kitova L.Yu. Problems of training archaeologists in the system of three-level higher education. - 116

Limberis N.Yu., Marchenko I.I. Archeology at Kuban State University. - 121

Malov N.M. Archeology at Saratov State University: 1918-1937. - 127

Melnikova O.M. Archeology classrooms in the system of training scientific personnel at Russian universities. - 131

Plavinsky N.A. The role of the staff of the Archaeological Museum of Vilnius University named after Stefan Batory of the interwar period in the study of funerary monuments of the Belarusian Podvina and Ponemania region of the late 1st - early 2nd millennium AD. - 136

Safonov I.E. Archeology in the Voronezh branch of the Moscow Archaeological Institute (1920-1923). - 140

Chernykh E.M. Master's training in archeology: pros and cons (from the experience of the Udmurt State University). - 145

Shmuratko D.V. Possibility of training archaeologists within the framework of the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education “teacher education”: the experience of the Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University. - 151

Shchavelev S.P. Archaeological foundations of the university “course on the history of Russian law” by D.Ya. Samokvasova. - 158

Section III. In memory of Abram Davidovich Stolyar.

Gjerde Jan Magne. Stone Age Rock Art in Fennoscandia - an overview. - 164

Helskog Knut. Early snowshoes in Fennoscandia. - 170

Golovanova L.V., Doronichev V.B. Neanderthal culture and society: what does Homo sapiens know about this at the beginning of the 21st century? - 179

Golovanova L.V., Doronichev V.B. The influence of the environment on man and his culture in the Middle and Late Pleistocene of the Caucasus. - 185

Doronicheva E.V., Nedomolkin A.G., Mury A.A. New discoveries of Paleolithic sites in the Republic of Adygea, Northwestern Caucasus. - 190

Zhuk A.V. On the threshold of science. Leningrad and archeology before young A.D. A carpenter. - 195

Kalinin V.A., Smirnov M.V. Complexes of petroglyphs of Fennoscandia as objects of conservation and museumification. - 201

Korolev A.I., Kochkina A.F., Stashenkov D.A. The Ekaterinovsky Cape burial ground in the Middle Volga region is a new monument to the study of Chalcolithic art. - 207

Kurbatov A.V. The view of a historian and the practice of an archaeologist: overcoming mistakes in the study of medieval leather craft. - 212

Martynov A.Ya. Anatoly Aleksandrovich Kuratov and Abram Davidovich Stolyar in the fate of the primitive archeology of the Solovetsky archipelago. - 220

Panchenko V.B., Selin A.A., Fedorov I.A. Stone cross from the village of Koshelkovo at the Department of Archeology of St. Petersburg State University and the problem of studying revered complexes of the North-West of Russia. - 225

Trubnikova V.B. Xianbei question: yesterday and today. - 230

Tunkina I.V. Monuments of the archeology of Siberia in documents from the personal fund of D.G. Messerschmidt. - 234

List of abbreviations. - 240

State Historical Museum - State Historical Museum

DTMAO - Antiquities. Proceedings of the Moscow Archaeological Society. M.

IAET - Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

KSIA - Brief communications of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. M.

Almost from the day of its foundation. To this day, the faculty annually produces qualified specialists in the field of Russian and world history.

Faculty address

Address Mendeleevskaya line, building 5. Some of the training courses are also conducted in the main building of St. Petersburg State University, located on Universitetskaya embankment, building 7/9.

Departments of the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University

The structure of the faculty includes the following departments:

• ethnography and anthropology;
• source studies of Russian history;
• history of Ancient Greece and Rome;
• Russian art, and others.

Most departments of the faculty are graduating.

Bachelor's programs

The Faculty of History offers applicants the following areas of training:

• Regional studies of Russia.
• History of art.
• Story.
• Museology.
• Archeology and others.

The direction of bachelor's training "History" includes the following training profiles:

• General history;
• history of Russia and others.

The main courses taught to students of the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University include US history, history of world culture, history of Russia, ethnology and others. It is worth noting that students get access to a complex of museums in St. Petersburg, as well as their archives. In addition, students get the chance to take advantage of academic mobility and go for 1 or 2 semesters to study at foreign educational institutions that are partners of St. Petersburg State University. These include the University of Hamburg, the University of Latvia, the University of Tartu, University College London and others. The teaching staff includes honorary professors and doctors of historical sciences represented by S. G. Kashchenko, V. N. Baryshnikov and others.

For bachelor's degrees in Archeology from the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University, students receive knowledge in the following training courses:

• Archeology of the Paleolithic.
• Conservation archaeology.
• Slavic-Russian archeology and others.

The advantage of studying in the Archeology program at the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University is the combination of both theoretical and practical classes. In addition, the program was developed taking into account the opinions of students’ immediate future employers, which is important. Since students, upon graduating from university, have the opportunity to find a job and build a successful career in the future. Students of the “Archaeology” direction of the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University undergo practical training in the State Hermitage, Kursk Archaeological Museum, etc.

Areas of master's training

The master's programs of the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University include:

• Ethnological examination.
• Museum curation.
• The formation of modern Western civilization and others.

The main training courses in the direction “The Formation of Modern Western Civilization” include ancient and medieval heritage in St. Petersburg, the formation of European identity, and others. To be admitted to the master's program, applicants must successfully pass a competition of documents.

Passing scores

In order to successfully enroll in the faculty’s bachelor’s programs, it is necessary to overcome the passing score determined as part of the competition of submitted applications.

The passing score for admission to the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University in the framework of the bachelor's training program "Museology" in 2017 was 258. In other words, those students who scored the most in the sum of the three state exams qualified for budget places. For admission to a paid place in 2017, 219 points were enough. At the same time, in 2018, 12 budget places were allocated, 13 places with tuition fees. The cost of training in this area of ​​bachelor’s training is 200,000 rubles per year.

To enroll in the bachelor's program "History of Art" in 2017, the applicant had to overcome the threshold of 265 points. To enter a paid place, a little less points were required, namely 205. The competition for a budget place was more than 25 people. In 2018, 10 places were allocated at the expense of the federal budget, 15 places at the expense of the student’s own payment. The cost of training per year is 195,000 rubles.

To successfully enroll in the History major in 2017, an applicant needed to overcome a threshold of 266 points. To enter a contract position, 208 points were required. The competition for 1 budget place was more than 10 people. In 2018, 70 places were allocated at the expense of the federal budget, and only 30 places at the expense of the student’s own payment. The cost of training per year is 201,000 rubles.

In general, to be admitted to budget places at the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University, you must pass the Unified State Exam with more than 85 points in each subject. To enter a paid place, it is enough to overcome the threshold of 70 points in each subject. Tuition fees are average among all faculties of St. Petersburg State University.

Location Russia, 193060, St. Petersburg, Mendeleevskaya line, no. 5 Official
website Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University Email [email protected]

History department St. Petersburg State University is one of the largest educational centers for training specialists in the field of history and art history in Russia. Began work on September 1, 1934 after the publication on May 16 of the same year of the resolution of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR “On the teaching of civil history in schools of the USSR.”

Story

XVIII-XIX centuries

At the turn of the century, the faculty was taught by outstanding scientists who determined the path of development of Russian historical science and influenced the formation of scientific ideas not only about Russian, but also about world history and the history of art. Among the most influential names one can single out one of the founders of Russian source studies, K.N. Bestuzhev-Ryumin, his students E.E. Zamyslovsky and S.F. Platonov, as well as N.I. Kareeva, A.S. Lappo-Danilevsky, V.G. Vasilievsky, I.M. Grevs and others. Faculty Professor E.D. Grimm was the last in pre-revolutionary history Rector of the University (1911-1918).

After the revolution

In 1925, the FON was reorganized into the Yamfak (faculty of linguistics and material culture), which included a department of the history of material culture. In the 1920s Famous Russian historians and philologists taught at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Yamfak. In 1929, Yamphak was transformed into the Faculty of History and Linguistics, and in the same year, on its basis (formally outside the university), the Leningrad Historical and Linguistic Institute (LILI) was created, which included a historical and literary department. In 1933, the Historical and Linguistic Institute was reorganized into (LIFLI), where in 1934 the Faculty of History was formed on the basis of the historical and literary department. One of the leading departments of the institute in the first half of the 1930s. There was a department of “History of the Peoples of the USSR”, where outstanding scientists of their time taught.

Scientists who taught at the university before the revolution were subjected to persecution, the main act of which was the “Academic Case” fabricated in 1929, the main defendants of which were academicians S.F. Platonov, E.V. Tarle, N.P. Likhachev, Yu.V. Gauthier, M.D. Priselkov and other former teachers of the Faculty of History and Philology.

Restoration of the Faculty of History

In 1959, V.V. returned to the dean’s post. Mavrodin. The 1960s and 70s are associated with the development of the faculty, the creation of three new departments and new research centers, the opening of an evening department, as well as the formation of a new generation of the “St. Petersburg historical school.” In 1963, the Department of History of the CPSU was opened, which immediately began to occupy a leading position among the departments of the faculty; already in the 1980s, students of the department received increased scholarships, and then a separate specialty was opened for the Department of History of the CPSU. The department also opened a correspondence department; half of all students in the department studied at the department. V.A. In 1971-1982, Yezhov was both the head of this department and the dean of the faculty.

The last twenty years of the outgoing century are associated with the name of Igor Yakovlevich Froyanov, from 1982 to 2001, who was the dean and for a long time the head of the department of history of the USSR, and then the history of Russia. He made a great contribution to the development of historical science, the formation of a new concept in the study of Kievan Rus. In 2002, the faculty was headed by A. Yu. Dvornichenko, also a prominent representative of the St. Petersburg historical school.

The faculty has 4 specialties (History, Art History, Museology, Tourism). Now the structure of the faculty includes 17 departments, forming five profiles of study (National History, General History, Archeology, Ethnography and Cultural History), postgraduate and doctoral studies, 10 scientific centers, and a small faculty has been opened. Training is conducted in full-time, evening and correspondence departments on a state budgetary basis and on a contractual (paid) basis. In addition, the Faculty of History provides a wide range of pre-university educational services: the faculty runs preparatory courses that prepare applicants for entrance exams, as well as the Unified State Exam program, as well as the Small Faculty of History for students in grades 8-10.

Since 2008, the Faculty of History has been conducting the “Historical Profile Class” project. The first participant in the project was Gymnasium No. 27. The goal of this project is to establish close contacts between secondary and higher education. The faculty is preparing to attract new participating schools from St. Petersburg, the Leningrad region and other regions to the project. Since 2010, the Faculty of History, within the framework of the Bologna process, has moved to teaching students undergraduate and graduate programs in all specialties (previously this did not apply to the specialty “history”). Since September 2011, at the faculty, on the initiative of Professor A. Kh. Daudov, the Department of History of the Peoples of the CIS Countries was created.

On September 26, 2011, the dean of the faculty A. Yu. Dvornichenko resigned, having served in the position for 10 years. Associate Professor of the Department of Ethnography and Anthropology I. Vernyaev was appointed acting dean. On October 5, by order of the rector, Professor A. Kh. Daudov was appointed acting dean until official elections were held. By order of the rector, the elections of the dean were scheduled for May 28, 2012. At a meeting of the Academic Council A.Kh. Daudov was elected dean of the Faculty of History.

Departments and research centers

Specialty: history

Specialty: art history

Specialty: museology

The faculty also has a university-wide department of teaching history in the natural and humanities faculties (headed by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Yu. V. Tot)

Scientific centers:

• Center for History and Theory of Historical Science
• Center for Classical Studies (headed by Professor E. D. Frolov)
• Center for the Study of Early Religions and Ancient Christianity
• Center for the Study of Military History (headed by Associate Professor E.V. Ilyin)
• Center for the Study of Political Parties and Social Movements of Russia
• Center for Ethnological Research of North-West Russia
• Center for Research of St. Petersburg and the Region
• Center for the Study of the History of Ukraine (head - Professor T. G. Tairova (Yakovleva))
• Center for the Study of Historical Psychology (headed by Associate Professor V.V. Vasilik)

The Faculty of History accepts postgraduate students in the following specialties: 07.00.02 - Domestic history 07.00.03 - General history 07.00.06 - Archeology 07.00.07 - Ethnography, ethnology and anthropology, 07.00.09 - Historiography, source study and methods of historical research 17.00.09 - Theory and history of art

Deans of the Faculty since 1934

• 1937-1938 K.A. Uspensky
• 1938-1939 A.L. Fryman
• September 1949 N.A. Kornatovsky
• 2002-2011 A.Yu. Dvornichenko (acting in 2001-2002)
• 2012-present OH. Daudov (acting in 2011-2012)

Faculty teachers

Notable students and alumni

For information about faculty graduates who taught (teach) at the faculty, see the section on teachers.

• Malsky, Igor Stepanovich (1957-2004) - journalist, translator, poet, student of the department of archeology in 1974-1978. Expelled from the 4th year for participating in the “Yellow Submarine Commune.”
• Rekshan, Vladimir Olgerdovich (born 1950) - Soviet and Russian musician, founder of the rock group "St. Petersburg".
• Rogozhkin, Alexander Vladimirovich (born 1949) - famous Russian director, graduated from the faculty with a diploma in art historian.
• Reznik, Maxim Lvovich (born 1974) - Russian politician, head of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
• Vivatenko, Sergei Valentinovich (born 1966) - candidate of historical sciences, teacher, politician, well-known player in the intellectual club “What? Where? When? "
• Vilinbakhov, Georgy Vadimovich (born 1949) - State Herald Master of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Historical Sciences.
• Bass, Anetta Yakovlevna (1930-2006) - an outstanding museum worker, in 1957-2006 - director of the Kuibyshev (Samara) Art Museum, graduated from the department of art history.
• Azadovsky, Konstantin Markovich (born 1941) - famous literary critic, studied at the evening department of the Faculty of History (1964-1969)
• Amusin, Joseph Davidovich (1910-1984) - historian of the Ancient East, Qumranist, papyrologist, Hebraist, studied at the faculty in 1934-1938.
• Gumilev, Lev Nikolaevich (1912-1992) - historian, ethnographer, geographer, doctor of historical and geographical sciences, founder of the Passionary theory of ethnogenesis, studied at the faculty in 1934-1935, 1937-1937 and 1945-1946.
• Novozhilov, Alexey Gennadievich (born 1968) - graduate of the Faculty of History (1991), candidate of sciences, student of L.N. Gumileva, ethnographer, specialist in ethnography of the European part of Russia
• Paneyakh, Viktor Moiseevich (born 1930) - historian and archaeographer, graduate of the faculty (1953), Doctor of Historical Sciences, employee of the St. Petersburg Institute of History
• Ayn Rand (aka Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, 1905-1982) - American writer, philosopher, political thinker, founder of Objectivism, graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences, where she took a history course (1921-1925).

Gallery

Literature

• Valk S. N. Historical science at Leningrad University for 125 years // Valk S. N. Selected works on historiography and source study. St. Petersburg, 2000. P.7-106. (first edition - Proceedings of the anniversary session of Leningrad State University. Section of Historical Sciences. L., 1948. P. 3-79).
• Brachev V.S. , Dvornichenko A. Yu. Department of Russian History of St. Petersburg University (1834-2004). St. Petersburg, 2004.
• Dvornichenko A. Yu. Vladimir Vasilievich Mavrodin: Pages of life and creativity. SPb. : Philol. fak. St. Petersburg State University, 2001. 191 p. (History of science, personalities). ISBN 5-8465-0039-0.
• Faculty of History of St. Petersburg University, 1934-2004: Essay on history. St. Petersburg, 2004. 387, p., l. ill. ISBN 5-288-03515-6.

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St. Petersburg State University is spoken of as one of the largest and leading classical universities in our country. It has more than 20 divisions. A very significant structural unit is the Institute of History (formerly the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University). It is one of the largest Russian centers training personnel for such fields as history, art history, and museology.

Predecessors of the Institute

The history of the modern structural unit dates back to the 19th century. In 1819, the Faculty of Historical and Literary Sciences was founded at the then existing St. Petersburg University. From this unit various departments subsequently emerged, on the basis of which modern structural units were formed.

For example, one such event in the past of St. Petersburg State University occurred in 1850. The Department of History and Philology was separated from the Faculty of Historical and Literary Sciences. On its basis, a new independent historical and philological faculty was created. He worked for several decades. In 1934 it ceased to exist. The Faculty of History was founded on its basis. The university, by the way, at that time already bore the name of Leningrad State University. A. S. Bubnova.

Faculty work

All those units that existed before 1934 are considered predecessors. The official work of the Institute of History (formerly the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University) began precisely in 1934. It was then that educational activities began. Over the years of work, this unit has overcome many obstacles - ideological pressure from the authorities, repression in the 30s.

I would especially like to draw attention to the years of the Great Patriotic War. In the early 40s, the Faculty of History made plans for development. With the outbreak of the war, all goals collapsed and became unattainable. Many teachers, students, and graduate students went to the front. The remaining students continued their studies and began working as nurses in the hospital, which began operating in the building of the Faculty of History. At the beginning of 1942, this unit, together with the university, was transferred to Saratov. In 1944, the university returned from evacuation, and after the end of the war it embarked on the path of restoration and development. A new life began for the history department of St. Petersburg State University.

Modern period

For several decades after the end of the war, the faculty developed. Positive results were noticed in the 90s. New departments have appeared at the faculty. A little later, new specialties began to open - “art history”, “museology”.

In 2014, the division underwent an important transformation. The Institute of History was founded on the basis of the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University. The address of this structural unit is St. Petersburg, Mendeleevskaya line, 5. The procedure for abolishing the history department at the university was carried out with one goal - to optimize the organizational structure and increase the efficiency of educational activities.

Bachelor's degree

The Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University offers a bachelor's degree - the first stage of higher education - to applicants who have completed 11 grades. Each applicant has the opportunity to choose, because the unit conducts training in 4 programs:

• on "history";
• "art history";
• “museology and protection of cultural and natural heritage sites” (profile - “attribution and examination of artistic values”);
• “tourism” (profile - “technology and organization of excursion services”).

For foreigners, a special direction is provided for the bachelor’s degree at the Institute of History - “Russian studies”. This is a unique program. It is not found in other Russian universities. The training is aimed at developing in foreign citizens a comprehensive understanding of:

• Russian cultural heritage;
• the significance of Russia in the global civilizational process.

Master's degree

At the Institute of History (formerly the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University), master's programs are open to persons with higher education (who have completed either a bachelor's degree or a specialist's degree). Russian citizens at this level of education are offered 8 programs. They are all interesting, diverse, and promising. For example, consider the “history” program. On it you can choose 1 of 6 profiles (“modern history of Russia”, “archeology of Eurasia”, etc.). Each of them involves the study of certain areas (persons who choose “archeology of Eurasia” study the history of archaeology, complexes of archaeological monuments, archaeological sources, etc.).

At the Master's degree program at the Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University, it is possible to study and do internships abroad. Students visit Austria, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and China. After completing their master's degree, graduates work at the State Museum of History of St. Petersburg, the Central State Archive of Historical and Political Documents of St. Petersburg, the library of the Academy of Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other institutions.

Passing scores

Entering the Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University is not an easy task. A lot of applicants apply to the university. In total, more than 20 thousand people were admitted to the competition in 2017. Of these, a significant part of the applicants wished to enter the Institute of History.

The passing grades in the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University (taking into account individual achievements) for undergraduate programs in 2017 were as follows:

• on “history” - 271 and 208;
• “art history” - 265 and 208;
• “attribution and examination of artistic values” - 260 and 221;
• “Technology and organization of excursion services” students were not recruited*.

* The first number is the passing score for the budget, and the second is the passing score for paid places.

Minimum scores for admission to undergraduate studies

The Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University is in high demand among applicants. Thousands of people with different Unified State Exam scores apply here. However, please note that not everyone can participate in the competition. The university has established minimum scores for each entrance test. At the Institute of History, this indicator is 65 points in each subject.

Why is this indicator needed? The fact is that even with the minimum acceptable score, the university receives significantly more applications compared to the number of places. To facilitate the work of employees, St. Petersburg State University has established minimum scores. If these indicators did not exist, the university would receive even more applications. The admissions committee would be wasting time processing the documents of those people who, due to high competition, are doomed to end up “overboard.”

Why choose the Institute of History

It is prestigious to study at the Institute of History, because it is a structural division of a very important university in our country. Highly qualified specialists work here. Employers are actively involved in the training process, because only they know what skills their employees need today and tomorrow. Representatives of professional communities participate in the development of programs and curricula, and are members of state certification commissions.

In conclusion, it is worth noting that in order to enter the Institute of History (formerly the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University), you need to prepare thoroughly. Due to the high passing scores, many applicants still dream of enrolling in St. Petersburg State University. You can prepare to take the Unified State Exam or entrance examinations at a university on your own, but it is best to turn to specialists for help. The university annually recruits students for preparatory courses.