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“Digital history” became a professional realm, because new ways to store, process, and study information entered the everyday historical research practices in Russia. Obviously, the “digitization” introduces new approach to the craft of the historian, when digitization became the indispensable stage of many studies. Interdisciplinary framework of “digital history” is often placed in the context of a broader movement of the “digital humanities”. However, it should be emphasized that historical research has lots of specific features, and “digital turn” makes a significant impact on the research practices. It's important to mention that the “digital turn” in the profession of historical research was one of the 4 main themes of the International Congress of Historical Sciences in 2015. It seems that time has come to investigate the specificity of research practices and digital tools for professional historians.