Denis Tsypkin

Director of Rare Collections of the National Library of Russia.
Russia
Philologist, historian. PhD in Historical Sciences. Since 2013, head of the Department of History of Western European and Russian Culture of the Institute of History, St. Petersburg State University. Since 2021, Director of Rare Collections of the National Library of Russia.
  • Since 2012, researcher at the Laboratory for Codicological Research ad Scientific Expertise of Documents at the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia.
  • Since 2012, consultant on scientific work at the State Museum-Exhibition Centre ROSFOTO. 2009–2012, deputy director of the State Museum-Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO.
  • 1992–2012, head of the Laboratory for Codicological Research and Scientific Expertise of Documents at the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia.
  • 1988–1993, head of the North-Western history and archaeography expedition of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Department of the Archaeography Committee of the Russian Academy of Sciences.