Congratulations to Timur Natkhov and Natalia Vasilenok on receiving the Larry Neal prize for the best article of the year in the Explorations in Economic History!
The article "Skilled immigrants and technology adoption: Evidence from the German settlements in the Russian empire", published by senior research fellow Timur Natkhov and former research assistant Natalia Vasilenok, received the annual Larry Neal Prize
Timur Natkhov and Natalia Vasilenok presented at the Summer Workshop in the Economic History of Russia
Timur Natkhov, Senior Research Fellow at CInSt, and Natalia Vasilenok, Research Assistant at CInSt, took part in the poster-session at the Summer Workshop in the Economic History and Historical Political Economy of Russia on July 27-31. The workshop was co-organized by the University of Chicago, Caltech and NES. Timur and Natalia presented an article "Skilled Minorities and Technology Adoption: Evidence from the German Settlements in the Russian Empire".
The schedule for CInSt Research Seminars is now available
We invite everyone to join our research seminars. Seminars are held on Thursday at 18:10 in K416 (11 Pokrovskiy Boulevard, Moscow)
Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis 2019
We can hardly believe it, but the 2019 session of RSSIA has already come to an end! We received more than 100 applications, but only 24 of the strongest research proposals were accepted. Participants came from a wide range of countries: China, Belgium, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Philippines, and Russia.
All Along the Watchtower: Defense Lines and the Origins of Russian Serfdom
Timur Natkhov gave a presentation about origins of Russian serfdom at CInSt Research Seminar on the 21st of February.