Library and educational activity of zemstvo in the Olonets province (1908-1917)

• Main Author: Badanov Vadim Georgiyevich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches 2021
• Subjects: zemstvo institutions; rural libraries; library networks; zemstvo extracurricular education; olonets province; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities; AZ20-999; Russian North
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/7d7a0d03cb8d46b5a0ce8792a48630e0

The article examines the Olonets province territorial institutions (zemstvo) activities in creating a network of rural libraries and reading libraries. The whole complex of library and educational work is analysed as the most important zemstvo institutions component of extracurricular education. The author addresses the problem of zemstvo people’s libraries structure, their financial support, and examines their features and characteristic features. The zemstvo library network system, types and forms of territorial institutions libraries are considered. The Olonets province territorial institutions activity with confidence can be considered as the first experience in accessible library creating on Russian North. The zemstvo laid the foundations of subsequent librarianship in Russia.