Puti-dorogi vi︠a︡tskikh kniz︠h︡nikov
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This book contains the life stories about bibliophiles, the famous figures in czarist Russia such as Avksentii Petrovich Batuev, who was elected in 1881 as governor of the Vyatka Zemstvo - the elective council responsible for the local administration of a provincial district in czarist Russia. Batuev determined his main task as development of enlightenment among the people by any means: opening public schools, available to all libraries and book trade. The book also presents information about the history of books trade, book shops and many other.
