Distribution of the cyrillic printed book of the 16th-17th centuries in the regions of Russia

Abstract

The paper, for the first time, raises and resolves the question of how in XVI-XVII centuries’ copies of books printed in Cyrillic by Moscow Printing House and other printing houses were distributed to regions of Russia. The books analyzed in this paper were identified, studied and received scientific descriptions, as a part of the long-term efforts by the Moscow State University archaeographers and local specialists trained by them. The paper analyzes 2,932 copies of 520 publication titles that were delivered to regions in XVI-XVII century and preserved there until the end of the twentieth century. The ratio of Moscow and foreign publications in the regions, included in the study, allows to assume coordination of publishing plans between foreign Slavic printing houses and Moscow Printing House.