FOUR CENTURIES OF ISLANDIC STUDIES IN ST. PETERSBURG

Abstract

Iceland, its history and culture were known in St. Petersburg already in the 18th century. In 1755, the first material was published in one journal, then the number of articles, books, and translations began to grow sharply. The article tells about numerous translations of monuments of ancient literature written in Old Icelandic, about the study of contacts between Icelanders and the inhabitants of Rus’/Russia over the centuries, about works devoted to the Old Icelandic language, as well as modern Icelandic. The period in the second half of the 20th century was very fruitful, when a large group of philologists and translators worked in the city, who made a great contribution to familiarizing Russians with the culture of Iceland for the benefit of the development of Russian-Icelandic relations.