Turgenev Public Library in Paris as a cultural center of Russian emigration in late XIX - early XX centuries
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 13:08Turgenev Public Library history in late XIX - the first third of the XX centuries is represented. The reasons of the library popularity growth among the Russian emigrants after 1917 revolutions are revealed. It was found that since the establishment of Turgenev Public Library the Russian official authority in France had negative attitude towards it, therefore the most of readers were political emigrants and students. At the time the visitors did not have enough money for the library maintenance, this fact put it under constant threat of closure.