The article examines the role of the Polenov-Voeikov library in the development of book culture in the Tambov province at the end of the 19th century. The article analyzes the importance of the private collections of local nobles, who were able to create unique personal libraries in their estates. It is shown that the collection appeared as a result of combining the family collections of two outstanding people of their time-the famous Russian archaeologist and bibliographer, historian, diplomat D.V. Polenov (1806-1878) and Tambov local historian L.V. Voeikov (1818-1885). It contained only works permitted by censorship. At the same time, the collection practically lacked critical works by Nekrasov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Melnikov-Pechersky. At the same time, after the merger, this library was transferred to public use on the basis of the Society for the Arrangement of Folk Readings in Tambov, securing the status of one of the largest and most diverse book collections in the region. The purpose of this organization was to introduce the general public, mainly from the poor, to elementary scientific ideas about nature, events of national and world history, and works of fiction. It has been established that the Polenov-Voeikov combined library was one of the largest privately owned book collections in the history of the Tambov province. Her total collection included more than 3,000 volumes summarizing thematically diverse works by Russian and foreign authors. The formation of this collection took place during the second half of the XVIII-XIX centuries by different generations of the Polenov and Voeikov families. The transfer of their combined library to the funds of the Naryshkin Reading Room enriched the book culture of the Tambov region and contributed to the development of education in the region.
BT - Bylye Gody IS - 1 LA - Russian N1 -English Title: The Polenov-Voyeikov Combined Library in the History of Book Culture of the Tambov Province at the End of the 19th Century.
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The article examines the role of the Polenov-Voeikov library in the development of book culture in the Tambov province at the end of the 19th century. The article analyzes the importance of the private collections of local nobles, who were able to create unique personal libraries in their estates. It is shown that the collection appeared as a result of combining the family collections of two outstanding people of their time-the famous Russian archaeologist and bibliographer, historian, diplomat D.V. Polenov (1806-1878) and Tambov local historian L.V. Voeikov (1818-1885). It contained only works permitted by censorship. At the same time, the collection practically lacked critical works by Nekrasov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Melnikov-Pechersky. At the same time, after the merger, this library was transferred to public use on the basis of the Society for the Arrangement of Folk Readings in Tambov, securing the status of one of the largest and most diverse book collections in the region. The purpose of this organization was to introduce the general public, mainly from the poor, to elementary scientific ideas about nature, events of national and world history, and works of fiction. It has been established that the Polenov-Voeikov combined library was one of the largest privately owned book collections in the history of the Tambov province. Her total collection included more than 3,000 volumes summarizing thematically diverse works by Russian and foreign authors. The formation of this collection took place during the second half of the XVIII-XIX centuries by different generations of the Polenov and Voeikov families. The transfer of their combined library to the funds of the Naryshkin Reading Room enriched the book culture of the Tambov region and contributed to the development of education in the region.
PY - 2026 SP - 430 EP - 438 T2 - Bylye Gody TI - Объединённая библиотека Поленовых-Воейковых в истории книжной культуры Тамбовской губернии конца XIX в. VL - 21 ER -