Valk S.N., (1887-1975), historian

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VALK Sigizmund Natanovich (1887-1975, Leningrad), historian, archeograph, archivist, Ph.D. (Doctor of Historical Sciences) (1936), Professor (1946). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University (1913). In 1918-32, worked as a research assistant at the Historical-Revolutionary Archives, took part in the acquisition and cataloguing of its collection. Made valuable contributions to the development of Soviet archeography, put into use an extensive array of sources on the history of 18th-20th centuries Russia. From 1923 and for the rest of life, he lectured (with breaks) at the History Department of the Leningrad State University, and is credited with the founding of the School of Science. From 1932, he also worked at the Institute of Books, Documents and Writting, and from 1936 at the Leningrad Branch of the Institute for the History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Authored over 300 papers, including ones on the history of the revolution and social movements in Russia in the 19th - early 20th centuries, on historiography, on primary research, on diplomacy, on archeography, and a number of sections from Leningrad History Studies (volumes 2 and 3, 1956-57). Lived at 18 Gulyarnaya Street (today Lizy Chaikinoy Street), then at 12 Nauki Avenue. Buried at the Bogoslovskoe Cemetery.

References: Чернуха В. Г. Сигизмунд Натанович Валк - ученый и человек // ВИ. 1988. № 12. С. 31-46; Ганелин Р. Ш., Чернуха В. Г. С. Н. Валк (1887-1975) // Вспомогательные исторические дисциплины. СПб., 1998. Т. 26. С. 299-316.

N. L. Korsakova. Valk Sigizmund Natanovich
Lizy Chaikinoy St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 18
Nauki Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 12
Чернуха В. Г. Сигизмунд Натанович Валк - ученый и человек // Вопр. истории, 1988
Ганелин Р. Ш., Чернуха В. Г. С. Н. Валк (1887-1975) // Вспомогательные исторические дисциплины. СПб., 1998 State University, St. Petersburg
Central St. Petersburg State Historical Archive
Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
Bogoslovskoe Cemetery