The Russian Biographical Dictionary (RBD; Russian: Русский биографический словарь)[a] 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.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ Pre-reform orthography: Русскій біографическій словарь
References
edit- ^ Article 1256 of part four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006
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