Library of the historian A.I. Pliguzov in the fund of the Scientific Library of Tomsk State University

The article is devoted to the study of the personal book collection of Andrei Pliguzov (19562011), a specialist in Russian history, the history of medieval Russian literature, the history of the Russian Orthodox Church. The purpose of the study: to characterize the composition of the collection, to identify its features. The scientist's library is his laboratory, in which he draws the necessary information for work. Unlike the bibliophile library, the scientist's library is not highlighted by the rarity and value of its books, but by its cultural, historical and scientific significance. In the collection of 2402 volumes, all are listed in the electronic catalog of the library, each edition is stamped. Chronological coverage of the collection: from 1855 to the mid. 2000s. About 400 volumes from the collection (16%) represent foreign publications from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus. Almost all foreign publications from this collection are the only ones in the collection of the Scientific Library of Tomsk State University. Personal library of A.I. Pliguzov was formed gradually during the folding and development of the scientific interests of the historian. The core of the collection, its central part, which meets the immediate scientific interests of the owner (approximately 2/3 of the fund), is represented by literature on the history of the Middle Ages, the history of Russian medieval literature, religious studies, the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, the history of the Old Believers and religious movements, hagiography, library history. In addition, the collection of personal libraries contains scientific literature on the methodology of historical science, source studies, historiography, philosophy, sociology, semiotics, and the history of Siberia. In addition to the core, the library includes literature on music, visual arts, literary criticism, cinema and theater, demonstrating the breadth of interests of its owner. The library contains periodicals, collections of materials from scientific conferences; encyclopedias and dictionaries; publications texts of sources of the history of medieval literature. Personal library of A.I. Pliguzova contains donated monographs with autographs of scientists: V.I. Buganov, V.S. Rumyantseva, N.N. Pokrovsky, N.S. Guryanova, Donald Ostrovsky. Documents from gift collections significantly enrich the information potential of the funds of the Scientific Library of Tomsk State University, and at the same time they are a significant source for studying the scientific laboratory of scientists and writers.

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