The Dictionary (originally published in 1997 in a much smaller, microcirculation edition) offers a concise overview of over 230 scientists and local historians specializing in the humanities—historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, linguists, folklorists, literary scholars, and more. It includes key biographical details, lists of their major scholarly works, and critical assessments of their contributions. Additionally, the dictionary highlights writers, journalists, painters, and architects who have contributed to the study and preservation of the distant past of the Kursk region, uncovering and safeguarding its cultural monuments, and educating local communities through historical materials related to their homeland. The sources for this dictionary include archives from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Kursk, as well as rare publications from the 18th to 20th centuries. Many figures from provincial historiography are presented here for the first time in print. This new edition significantly expands the personal profiles, corrects previous gaps and errors, and adds biographical and bibliographical updates. It is intended for specialists across various fields of the humanities, history and local history teachers, students in secondary and higher education, and anyone interested in the history of the Kursk region.