Department of Old Russian literature is the lead department of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House), Russia Academy of Sciences. Among the main directions of his scientific activity - the study of historical monuments of Russian literature XI-XVII vv., Archeology and source study, textual criticism, scholarly publications and unpublished newly found texts, the study of the poetics of ancient literature, Byzantine-Russian and Western-Russian literary relationships, relationships and ancient books popular culture. In terms of research interests of the Division also includes the study of the book centers in Central Russia and the Russian North, XV-XVIII centuries., Spiritual, and Book Culture of the Old Believers, chronicle the study, Chronograph, hagiography and hymnography, description of manuscript collections, preparation of bibliographic reference and encyclopedic dictionaries of ancient scribes, literacy and .
http://odrl.pushkinskijdom.ru/
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