Founded in 1956, "Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History" is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in Saint Petersburg.
Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History publishes the finest materials submitted by representatives of the world leading research centres of historical scholarship. The Journal publishes manuscripts both in Russian and in English.
Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History is published quarterly and it comprises a wide variety of research materials, such as academic articles, book reviews, and previously unpublished primary sources.
The Journal is included in the list of the leading refereed academic journals and periodicals recommended by the Higher Attestation Committee at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, assigned for publication of the key results of doctoral dissertations (including the both Russian doctoral degrees: the PhD and the Doctor of History).
Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History is covered by the following databases: EBSCO, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, eLIBRARY.ru, EastView, CyberLeninka, Russian Science Citation index (included in multidisciplinary resources of Web of Science), Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection).
Since 2016, DOI names have been assigned to all the articles published in the Journal.
