Gorshkova N. N.

Kazan book culture in 1920-ies and the journal «Kazan bibliophile» as its reflection

 

Abstract:

The integral part of Kazan culture at the beginning of the XXth century was the book collections of the brightest representatives of intelligency. Association of their owners in the bibliographic circle «Friends of the book» was of great importance for the preservation of book treasures of the city and book propagation among the population. The activity of the circle was reflected in the critical and bibliographic journal «Kazan bibliophile», that was the only provincial journal of that time, entirely devoted to the book and its propagation.