Russian Biographical Dictionary

Russian Biographical Dictionary

Russian Biographical Dictionary (RBD, _ru. Русский биографический словарь) is a Russian-language biographical dictionary published by the Russian Historian Society edited by a collective with Alexander Polovtsov as thу editor-in-chief. The dictionary was published in 25 volumes from 1896 to 1918 and considered as one of the most comprehensive Russian biographical sources of end 19 - early 20th centuries.

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* [http://www.rulex.ru/xPol/index.htm Online version]


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