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PHJ № 4 (48) 2025 — A. P. Bekhter. IRINA LEVINSKAYA: A NEW LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY ROMAN BOSPORUS

The article is dedicated to the memory of Irina Alekseevna Levinskaya. The main purpose of the essay is to show the uniqueness of Levinskaya as a researcher who combined in her scientific work such seemingly incompatible topics as the study of ancient lapidary epigraphy of the Bosporus and biblical studies. Levinskaya’s works have significantly changed our understanding of the ethnic, political, religious and cultural life of the early Roman Bosporus, showing traces of the presence of Jews since the 1st century AD.

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PHJ № 4 (48) 2025 — V. V. Vedernikov. VALK’S HANDSHAKE. MEMORIES OF HIS LAST STUDENT

The author of the publication is one of the last participants in the special course of a major Russian scientist, source specialist and historian S. N. Valk. The author, who was in close contact with his supervisor in 1972–1974, notes the peculiarities of the scientist’s work with the student audience, his approach to choosing research topics, and points out the difficulties that arose in the process of communication between students and teachers and ways to overcome them. At the Soviet university, Valk was a living bearer of the traditions of the St. Petersburg historical school and sought to pass on these traditions to his students. The author provides facts indicating the historian’s interest in the social movement in the country. Attention is paid to the controversy between Valk and A. L. Nikitin, which attracted the attention of both scientists and students. A number of episodes characterize the scientist’s everyday habits. The article is published to mark the 50th anniversary of S. N. Valk’s death.

PHJ № 2 (46) 2025 — S. V. Lyubichankovskiy. THE ROLE OF V. V. RADLOV IN THE SCIENTIIFC STUDY OF CENTRAL ASIA

Vasily Vasilyevich Radlov (1837–1918) was an outstanding Russian ethnographer, linguist and orientalist whose work had a major impact on the study of the peoples of Russian Central Asia. While working in Orenburg, Radlov collected unique materials on the languages, folklore and culture of the Turkic peoples, which formed the basis of modern Turkology. The article examines his contribution to scholarship, research methods and the importance of his works for understanding the cultural heritage of Central Asia.

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PHJ №1 (45) 2025 — I. M. Basov. HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE PRINTING HISTORY OF THE POLISH KINGDOM IN THE 15TH–16TH СENTURIES

The article provides a historiographical overview of studies of early polish printing. During the period of the 18th–21st centuries, approaches, methods, and points of view on this issue changed repeatedly. The purpose of the article is to highlight trends in the development of the printing history studies, as well as to identify current problems in the study of the Polish Kingdom press. The history of printing has gone from a descriptive direction of science, focused on local subjects and bibliographic summation of knowledge, to an analytical direction, within which, in addition to history, various social and humanitarian disciplines (sociology, cultural studies, philology, linguistics, economics) find their place. To some extent, this is typical for all areas of historical science, but in the field of printing history, the perception of the role of printing press in the cultural development is essential. The appearance of works on the early printing history of the Polish Kingdom from the 2nd half of the 20th century was dictated both by a fairly large level of accumulation of knowledge on the subject and by the development of relevant social theories of communication. The departure from the Marxist metanarrative has brought the research of Eastern European historians into line with the work of Western colleagues, as a result of which historiography is now significantly theorized.

PHJ № 1 (37) 2023 – G. N. Ivanov. The Treaty of Nystad in the history of Sweden and Swedish historiography

In Russian scientific literature the signature of the Treaty of Nystad is seen as a milestone event. A great number of scholarly works focused on the significance of the Treaty of Nystad to Russia and its place in Russian history. However, such approach overlooks the views of Swedish society on its significance and subsequent reflection of the Treaty of Nystad in the history of the country. The present work is intended to fill this gap and reveal whether the Treaty of Nystad is perceived as a significant event in the history of Sweden.