The Research Centre’s task involve, first and foremost, the processing of the Museum’s existing collections and compiling an informational-representative database of current exhibits, as well as stimulating research in all areas connected with Eastern European Jewry. A vital aspect of the Centre is its scientific educational activity.
In this area, the Centre aims to fill a special niche in Russophone Judaica, taking on integrating and intermediary functions, without duplicating the functions of other existing scientific and educational structures.
In this area, the Centre aims to fill a special niche in Russophone Judaica, taking on integrating and intermediary functions, without duplicating the functions of other existing scientific and educational structures.
Areas of activity include:
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The Museum’s collections have, to a great extent, been built up thanks to gifts and donations. At present, the Museum holds a considerable collection of photographs, postcards, letters from the front, diplomas, certificates and so forth. This collection beautifully illustrates the daily life, sufferings and hopes of Jews from the late nineteenth to mid twentieth century.
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The Research Center is glad to present the mini-movie about Leonid Utesov which enriches the main exposition. The movie is represented by Uri Gershovich, the Research Center of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center director, and Galina Evtushenko, the movie director
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Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center is happy to announce the opening of Research Center library for visitors, starting from October 15, 2018.
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The winner of the scholarship contest for PhD students is Nikita Agranovskiy from European University (St.-Petersburg) with the project «The literary and illustrative material of the book 'The Jew at Home' by Joseph Pennell: new contexts and revision of interpretations».
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Vladislav Tyurin, a master's student at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) also participated in the scholarship contest. Vladislav Tyurin is working on the project «Reevacuation of the civilian population to Moscow: a housing problem, 1942-1948».
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Semyon Padalko, a master's student at the St. Petersburg State University received the scholarship in 2021-2022 within the framework of the Research Center project. Semyon Padalko is working on the project «Institutionalization of the Jewish community life in Russia at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21th century (based on the materials of Krasnodar)».