Zham Olena, Fihurnyi Yurii, Lebedeva Yulia

Municipal public libraries of Pereiaslav town, Poltava Governorate: formation and development (according to materials of resolutions and reports of Zemstvo Assembly of Pereiaslav County)

Section: Studies in Special Historical Disciplines

Abstract: The purpose of the work is to follow the formation process of municipal public libraries in the county town Pereiaslav, Poltava Governorate in the second half of the 19th — at the beginning of the 20th centuries, based on the annual resolutions and reports of the Zemstvo Assembly of Pereiaslav County. To determine the socio-cultural background of their occurrence, the specifics of their functioning, the role in meeting the cultural, educational, scientific and informational needs of the citizens, the contribution to the development of the city library network of the mentioned period. Highlight the activity of individual zemstvo, public, and church figures of the county in the organization of library affairs in the town. The methodological basis of the work is a systematic approach, the principles of a critical and structural systemic approach to the source base. The research methods were carried out according to objectives. The use of methods of source analysis contributed to the systematization of primary information (resolutions and reports of the Zemstvo Assembly of Pereiaslav County), and the use of historical and system methodmade it possible to research individual sides of the foundation, formation and functioning of public libraries in Pereiaslav town and summarize the results. The scientific novelty of this work is defined by improving knowledge of the town public libraries of Pereiaslav of the second half of the 19th — at the beginning of the 20th centuries. Conclusions. A network of state, private, public and branch libraries was created at the beginning of the 20th century in the Pereiaslav County, Poltava Governorate. Libraries of Pereiaslav town held a leading place among them. It was determined that they became the center of the development of the town's library affair, spiritual culture and cultural life, educational activity. Public libraries contributed to the development and the growth of education, their funds could be used by ordinary citizens. Their main task was to satisfy the scientific and educational needs of readers, to develop their desire for self-education and reading, and to develop cognitive abilities. The importance of the library for the town library potential is emphasized. The process of the formation of libraries demonstrates the need forthe books of society of that time.

Keywords: Pereiaslav, public library, Zemstvo in Pereiaslav, Zemstvo Assembly of Pereiaslav County, library activity, book fond, Library Committee, Mykola Terletskyi.

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• Zham Olena (National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve “Pereyaslav” (Pereyaslav, Ukraine), [email protected]) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6216-5167
• Fihurnyi Yurii (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine), [email protected]) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6463-0920
• Lebedeva Yulia (National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery” (Kyiv, Ukraine), [email protected]) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0628-0309

Cite:
Zham Olena, Fihurnyi Yurii, Lebedeva Yulia. (2025). Municipal public libraries of Pereiaslav town, Poltava Governorate: formation and development (according to materials of resolutions and reports of Zemstvo Assembly of Pereiaslav County). Manuscript and book heritage of Ukraine, (3) 154-172 . https://doi.org/10.15407/rksu.38.154

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