Western European and Russian worlds in G. A. Stroganov's book collection

The article presents results of an analysis of Earl G.A. Stroganov's family book collection stored in the Scientific Library at the National Research Tomsk State University. For the first time, this book collection is examined as a whole single unit. It is argued that the personality of its owner influenced the formation of the book collection and its content. The novelty of the research is to uncover the relationships of the Western European and Russian cultures in Stroganov's book collection

Books on the history of Siberia development from the library of count G. A. Stroganov

The article presents the results of a study of literature about Siberia in the book collection of G.A. Stroganov stored in the Research Library of Tomsk State University. For the first time materials about the development of Siberia are considered in connection with the history of the Stroganov family and of their family library. A hypothesis is made that the Stroganov family influenced the formation of Siberian economy and culture in the 16th – 17th centuries. The novelty of the research is that it studies how the development of Siberia is described in French, German and Russian books from the Stroganovs’ library

Western European and Russian worlds in G. A. Stroganov's book collection

The article presents results of an analysis of Earl G.A. Stroganov's family book collection stored in the Scientific Library at the National Research Tomsk State University. For the first time, this book collection is examined as a whole single unit. It is argued that the personality of its owner influenced the formation of the book collection and its content. The novelty of the research is to uncover the relationships of the Western European and Russian cultures in Stroganov's book collection

"The world of Shakespeare" in the Stroganovs' book collection: literary and graphic works

The Stroganovs’ personal library as an organic whole unit is housed in the Scientific Library at Tomsk State University and contains some Shakespeare’s literary works in English which are accompanied by numerous graphic illustrations to his tragedies, comedies and historical chronicles. This part of the personal multilingual book collection is analyzed in the present article in terms of the intermedia studies approach which allows to reveal how “the cult of Shakespeare” was being constructed in the British literature of the XVIII-XIX centuries. This task entails considering the role that Shakespeare’s works played in the development of the national self-awareness and national identity concept in the British society at that time as well as the construction of the Imperial myth in the British literature. Besides, a case study of the English editions of Shakespeare’s works kept in the Scientific library enables one to trace the evolution of Shakespeare studies in Europe. It can also give an insight into the reception of the Briton’s works in the Russian society in the XIX century. The article addresses the issue of the impact that the library owner’s personality has on the composition of the book collection and the ensuing interpretation of how the Western European and Russian literatures interact within the Stroganovs’ library