Reading for Soldiers and People: the Phenomenon of “Soldiers’ Library” of V.A. Berezovsky
Journal: Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science]
Year: 2018

The article is devoted to the well-known serial edition “Soldatskaya Biblioteka” [Soldiers’ Library] of V.A. Berezovsky, the commission agent of the Ministry of Defence, private publisher and bookseller of military literature. Since 1888, most of the works were published and republished under the title “Reading for Soldiers and People” and from 1894 to 1915 — “Soldiers’ Library”. The purpose of this large publishing project of V.A. Berezovsky was to promote intellectual and spiritual moral devel