The Russian Biographical Dictionary (RBD; Russian: Русский биографический словарь) is a Russian-language biographical dictionary published by the Imperial Russian Historical Society and edited by a collective with Alexander Polovtsov as the editor-in-chief. The dictionary was published in 25 volumes from 1896 to 1918 and considered one of the most comprehensive Russian biographical sources for the 19th and early 20th century period.
Notes
- Pre-reform orthography: Русскій біографическій словарь
References
- Article 1256 of part four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006
External links
- (in Russian) Online version
- (in Russian) Alphabetical index of names of Russian figures for the “Russian Biographical Dictionary” on the Runiverse website
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