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[[File:Polovtsov by Kustodiev.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Portrait of A.A. Polovtsov by [[Boris Kustodiev]]]]
The '''''Russian Biographical Dictionary''''' (RBD, {{lang-ru|Русский биографический словарь}}) is a [[Russian-language]] [[biographical dictionary]] published by the [[Russian Historian Society]] 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 as one of the most comprehensive Russian biographical sources for the 19th and early 20th century period.

== External links ==
* {{ru icon}} [http://www.rulex.ru/xPol/index.htm Online version]

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[[Category:Russian biographical dictionaries]]
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[[es:Diccionario Biográfico Ruso]]
[[fr:Dictionnaire biographique russe]]
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