V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War: Preparation and Release of Bibliographic Publications

In the year of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory, the authors consider the activity of the V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR (GBL) on preparation and release of bibliographic publications during the Great Patriotic War. This topic was covered in the specialized literature briefly and fragmentally (with the exception of work in the field of recommendation bibliography). The aim of the article is to fill in the existing gaps in the study of this area of GBL activity during the war.

In the pre-war years, the GBL transformed into one of the leading bibliographic centres of the country — both reference and bibliographing. Both directions were mainly concentrated in the Scientific Bibliographic Department, where at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s preparation of bibliographic publications was structurally distinguished.

With the beginning of the war, the GBL reorganized its work in accordance with the conditions and tasks of wartime. The amount of bibliographic work in the first months of the war was significantly reduced. Publishing activities, including the production of bibliographic publications, ceased and resumed in the second half of 1942. Recommendation indexes and lists on actual subjects were the main type of bibliographic materials created and published by the GBL during the war years.

The article highlights the activities of two leading bibliographic departments of the GBL during this period: the Scientific Bibliographic Department and the Military Department. There are two areas of activity of the Scientific Bibliographic Department: general and scientific-auxiliary bibliography and recommendation bibliography. During the Great Patriotic War, the library produced mainly reference manuals, as well as also prepared several scientific publications. The authors present employees of both departments who have made the most significant contribution to the preparation of bibliographic publications. In addition, the article notes several bibliographic publications created in other structural divisions.

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20. The Legislation and Most Important Administrative and Legal Acts of Wartime from June 22, 1941, to August 1, 1944: reference and bibliographic guide for libraries. Moscow, 1944, 72 p. (in Russ.).

21. The Speeches, Orders, Welcoming Addresses of Comrade I.V. Stalin during the Years of the Great Patriotic War (1941—1945): bibliographic index. Moscow, 1945, 143 p. (in Russ.).

22. Komsomol in the Patriotic War: annotated literature index. Moscow, 1944, 54 p. (in Russ.).

23. Soviet Women in the Great Patriotic War: annotated literature index. Moscow, 1944, 36 p. (in Russ.).

24. On the Liberated Land: Restoration of Economy and Culture in the Areas Liberated from the Enemy: annotated literature index. Moscow, 1944, 37 p. (in Russ.).

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26. Librarianship in Russia during the Great Patriotic War (June 1941 — May 1945). Moscow, Pashkov Dom Publ., 2000, 421 p. (in Russ.).

27. An Index of Basic Literature for Rural Libraries. Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe Bibliotechno-Bibliograficheskoe Publ., 1942, 176 p. (in Russ.).

28. What to Read on Individual and Collective Gardening: bibliographic index. Moscow, 1942, 8 p. (in Russ.).

29. The Heroic Stalingrad: annotated literature index. Moscow, 1943, 30 p. (in Russ.).

30. The Heroic Leningrad: brief annotated literature list. Moscow, 1943, 39 p. (in Russ.).

31. The Stalin Ural: annotated literature index. Moscow, 1943, 48 p. (in Russ.).

32. Books about Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: annotated recommendatory index. Moscow, 1945, 40 p. (in Russ.).

33. Heroes of Socialist Labor: recommendatory literature list. Moscow, 1944, 32 p. (in Russ.).

34. M.I. Kalinin: To the 25th Anniversary of his Tenure as Head of the Supreme Body of Soviet Power: annotated literature index. Moscow, 1944, 54 p. (in Russ.).

35. S.M. Kirov, 1886—1934: brief annotated literature index. Moscow, 1944, 48 p. (in Russ.).

36. Ya.M. Sverdlov, 1885—1919: brief annotated literature index: to the 25th anniversary of his death. Moscow, 1944, 15 p. (in Russ.).

37. V.V. Kuibyshev, 1888—1935: recommendatory literature index and materials for libraries. Moscow, 1945, 32 p. (in Russ.).

38. V.V. Mayakovsky, 1893—1930: brief recommendatory literature list. Moscow, 1943, 19 p. (in Russ.).

39. Eduard Bagritsky, 1895—1934: brief recommendatory literature index. Moscow, 1944, 8 p. (in Russ.).

40. Ivan Andreyevich Krylov, 1769—1844: to the 100th anniversary of his death: recommendatory literature index and materials for libraries. Moscow, 1944, 55 p. (in Russ.).

41. M.Yu. Lermontov: recommendatory literature index and materials for libraries. Moscow, 1945, 72 p. (in Russ.).

42. A.P. Chekhov: recommendatory literature index and materials for libraries. Moscow, 1945, 107 p. (in Russ.).

43. Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin: recommendatory literature index. Moscow, Biblioteki im. V.I. Lenina Publ., 1945, 64 p. (in Russ.).

44. Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov: recommendatory literature index. Moscow, 1945, 71 p. (in Russ.).

45. The Reading Circle for a Collective Farm Chairman. Moscow, 1944, 47 p. (in Russ.).

46. What a District Party Activist Should Read: recommendatory literature list. Moscow, Gazety “Pravda” Publ., 1944, 47 p. (in Russ.).

47. What a Leading Cattle Breeder Should Read: (Reading Circle). Moscow, Biblioteki im. V.I. Lenina Publ., 1945, 47 p. (in Russ.).

48. What a Leading Crop Grower Should Read: (Reading Circle). Moskva, 1945, 36 p. (in Russ.).

49. Economics of a Soviet Industrial Facility: Reading Circle. Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe Bibliotechno-Bibliograficheskoe Publ., 1945, 25 p. (in Russ.).

50. The Universe. Earth and Man: Natural Science Reading Circle: recommendatory literature for grades 6—7. Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe Bibliotechno-Bibliograficheskoe Publ., 1945, 24 p. (in Russ.).

51. Miracles and Mysteries of Nature in the Light of Science: annotated recommendatory literature index. Moscow, 1944, 26 p. (in Russ.).

52. The Origin and Development of Life on Earth: a reading program for self-education. Moscow, 1945, 64 p. (in Russ.).

53. Caring for War Invalids and Military Families: annotated literature list. Moscow, 1944, 13 p. (in Russ.).

54. Efebovsky I.V. Soviet Military Bibliography for 50 Years, Trudy [Proceedings]. Moscow, 1968, vol. 10, pp. 140—175 (in Russ.).

55. Anniversary of the Defeat of the Germans near Moscow: annotated literature list. Moscow, 1942, 19 p. (in Russ.).

56. The Defeat of the Germans near Moscow: literature index. Moscow, 1944, 27 p. (in Russ.).

57. The Defeat of the Germans near Stalingrad: literature index. Moscow, 1945, 17 p. (in Russ.).

58. The Battle Path of the Red Army: a brief list of literature on the history of the Red Army. Moscow, 1943, 48 p. (in Russ.).

59. The Great Russian Commander A.V. Suvorov: literature index. Moscow, 1944, 28 p. (in Russ.).

60. What a Red Army Officer Should Read about Military Education: index of books and articles for 1941—1943. Moscow, 1943, 63 p. (in Russ.).

61. The Red Army in Belletristic Literature: brief bibliographic index. Moscow, 1943, 15 p. (in Russ.).

62. Military Books in the Patriotic War: an index of basic literature for mass libraries. Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe Bibliotechno-Bibliograficheskoe Publ., 1942, 88 p. (in Russ.).

63. Military Books for Three Years of the Great Patriotic War: an index of basic literature for mass libraries. Moscow, 1944, 88 p. (in Russ.).

64. Foreign Books Received by the Library in 1942—1943: catalog. Moscow, 1944, IV, 300, 33 p. (in Russ.).

65. Children’s Books Catalogue. Moscow, 1944, 23 p. (in Russ.).

66. Medical Books Catalogue. Moscow, Biblioteki im. V.I. Lenina Publ., 1945, 48 p. (in Russ.).

67. Read about Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: annotated book list. Moscow, 1945, 4 p. (in Russ.).

68. Ural in the Great Patriotic War: literature index. Molotov, 1944, 58 p. (in Russ.).

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