The article examines the scientific activity of Vadim Petrovich Shakherov, a well-known Irkutsk historian. It surveys the main areas of his researches completed within 1980s – 2010s. Authors mark contribution done by the Irkutsk scientist in the development of the Siberian historical urban studies.

1. History of Russian shop. – M. : Publishing Arkaim, 2006. – 256 p. (in a coauthorship).

2. Siberia as a part of the Russian Empire / I. L. Dameshek, L. M. Dameshek, V. P. Zinovyev, A. V. Remnev, N. G. Syvorova, V. P. Shakherov, M. V. Shilovskiy. – M. : Novoye literaturnoye obozreniye, 2007. – 368 p.

3. Shakherov V. P. The Eastern Siberian cities in the XVIIIth – the first half of the XIXth. c. Essays on social, economic and cultural life / V. P. Shakherov. – Irkutsk : Ottisk, 2001. – 264 p.

4. Shakherov V. P. Merchant Irkutsk: History of the City in personalities and lives / V. P. Shakherov. – Khabarovsk : Publishing house "Priamurskiye vedomosti", 2006. – 176 p.

5. Shakherov V. P. Entrepreneurs of the Baikal Siberia in the XVIIIth – the first half of the XIXth c.: Formation and main areas of activity / V. P. Shakherov. – Saarbruecken (Germany) : LAP LAMBERT Academic Pablishing, 2012. – 244 p.

6. Shakherov V. P. Role of the transport and spatial environment in the formation of the Baikal Siberian cities in the XVIIIth – the first half of the XIXth c. // Siberian City of the XVIIIth – the XXth c. – Irkutsk, 2010. – Issue 7. – P. 7–24.

7. Shakherov V. P. Social and economic development of the Upper Prilenye in the XVIIth – the first half of the XIXth c. / V. P. Shakherov. – Irkutsk : Ottisk, 2000. – 88 p.

8. Shakherov V. P. Economy of the Siberian pre-reform city (based on materials of the Baikal Siberian cities) : monograph / V. P. Shakherov. – Irkutsk : Publishing of the ISU, 2011. – 256 p.

9. Shakherov V. P. Economical and legal aspects of the Siberian urban class structure in late feudalism // Economic policy of tsarism in Siberia in the XIXth – the beginning of the XXth c. – Irkutsk, 1984. – P. 3–14.

10. Shteingueil V. I. Essays and letters. Vol. 1: Memoirs and letters / prepared by N. V. Zeyfman and V. P. Shakherov. – Irkutsk : East-Siberian publishing house, 1985. – 608 p. Shteingueil V. I. Essays and letters. Vol. 2: Memoirs and letters / foreword by V. P. Shakherov. – Irkutsk : East-Siberian publishing house, 1992. – 448 p.

11. Yakovleva T. A. Merchant Irkutsk became «closer to light for lazy and uninterested » // Historic and economic researches. – Irkutsk, 2006. – V. 7, N 2. – P. 167–170.