On October 13, 2026, a press conference dedicated to the results of the third season of the Best Publications on the History of Russia contest was held at the Rossiya Segodnya International Multimedia Press Center.
The competition "The Best Publications on the History of Russia" was established by the Association of Book Publishers of Russia, the Russian Historical Society, the Russian Military Historical Society, the State Public Historical Library, with the participation of the Russian Society of Historical Archivists and the Russian State University for the Humanities.
The partner of the competition is the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The press conference was attended by K.V. Chechenev, President of the Russian Book Publishers Association, O.V. Filimonov, Vice-President of the ASKI, Executive Secretary of the competition, M.D. Afanasyev, Director of the State Public Historical Library, member of the Board of Trustees of the Patriarchal Literary Prize named after Saints Cyril and Methodius, and A.K. Sorokin, scientific director of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History..
The Publishing Council was represented by the executive editor, the main lecturer of the mobile cultural and educational project "Russian writers: the Way to God", Candidate of Philological Sciences V.A. Kuritsina.
The awarding ceremony will be held on November 10. Awards will be presented in five categories, as well as a special diploma from the Publishing Council.