The role of Bolshevist libraries in the build-up to the Revolution. One hundred years of the Soviet librarianship. Article one. The state of knowledge
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The author presents the series of historical articles. The author refers to many sources to prove that the before-Revolution Bolsheviks’ propaganda was carried out via legal and illegal party libraries that served the strongholds for Bolsheviks. The author reviews Communist party and library scientific literature on the issue for the 100-year period. The first article is to demonstrate historical and theoretical significance of the reviewed issues. During the first Soviet years they were investigated by the prominent Communist party and Soviet political figures outstanding, attempted to characterize Lenin’s attitude towards library services.