General Lieutenant A.N. Petrov and Library of the General Staff

The article is devoted to the well-known military historian, General Lieutenant Andrei Nikolaevich Petrov, who for 26 years - from 1872 to 1898 - served as Librarian of the Military-Scientific Library of the General Staff. A.N. Petrov had changed the type of the book depository of the General Staff from the closed institution, designed for officers of the General Staff, to the library available for all users involved in the research activities. For the first time were published two parts of the systematic catalogue of books: “Military Science” and “General Branch”, - and the first supplement thereto with the alphabetical index. These catalogues were used in many military libraries and served as the methodological tool for them. Started at Petrov free acquisition of Russian books from censorship committees, restocking with the works of the Russian literature put the library of the General Staff in a privileged position along with the largest public libraries of Russia. Increased funding of the library also contributed to the procurement of books and periodicals. Military-historical works of A.N. Petrov were included in all catalogues of books of military libraries and were in demand by different categories of readers.

A.N. Petrov, the Library of the General Staff, Librarian, Catalogues of Books, History of Military Librarianship, Military History

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