Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2011. № 8. Part 1. P. 175-179.
KURSK INTELLIGENTSIA CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AT THE END OF THE XIXTH - THE BEGINNING OF THE XXTH CENTURY (BY THE EXAMPLE OF SEMENOV PUBLIC LIBRARY)
Semenov Mikhail Yur'evich
Belgorod State National Research University
Abstract. The end of the XIXth - the beginning of the XXth century in Russia can be characterized as the period of new, urbanized town life way formation accompanied by the increase of public demand for educated workers. The attempt to eliminate illiteracy among wide sections of citizens was undertaken in Kursk - the center of agrarian province - at the turn of the centuries despite the remoteness from the empire industrial areas. The author considers Kursk Semenov Public Library activity (primarily by the materials of report documentation statistical data) which opening was the result of Kursk intelligentsia initiatives who aspired to broadcast cultural minimum to urban population democratic strata.
Key words and phrases: культурно-просветительная деятельность, библиотечное дело, провинциальная интеллигенция, статистический анализ, cultural and educational activity, library services, provincial intelligentsia, statistical analysis
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