Russian Biographical Dictionary

{{Short description|Russian-language biographical dictionary}}

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The Russian Biographical Dictionary (RBD; {{langx|ru|Русский биографический словарь}}){{efn|Pre-reform orthography: {{lang|ru|Русскій біографическій словарь}}}} is a Russian-language biographical dictionary published by the Imperial Russian Historical Society and edited by a collective with Alexander Polovtsov as the editor-in-chief. The dictionary was published in 25 volumes from 1896 to 1918 and considered one of the most comprehensive Russian biographical sources for the 19th and early 20th century period.Article 1256 of part four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of 18 December 2006