Elena Pirogova. "HIS FACTORIES ARE WELL-KNOWN... THE LIBRARY IS HUGE": AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION OF A NEW BOOK ON THE LIBRARY OF THE URAL 18TH CENTURY FACTORY OWNER, A.F. TURCHANINOV 

Detailed description of a new monograph dedicated to the largest private library of the Urals in the 18th century. This lost (or not yet identified) library, which belonged to the large factory owner A.F. Turchaninov, was reconstructed by the author on the basis of the 1789 Inventory of Property. The reconstruction determines the structure of the library, its size and cost, and its composition in terms of languages and fields of knowledge.

В статье представлен редкий рукописный источник — дамский альбом начала XIX века из семьи известного уральского промыш­ленника А.Ф. Турчанинова. История альбома связана с историей нескольких дворянских родов, и это позволяет добавить неожи­данные детали к портретам отдельных их представителей. Сами тексты, прозаические и стихотворные, как и рисунки к ним, по­казывают отношения между родственниками, круг их общения и в целом позволяют судить об уровне культуры и образования провинциального дворянства. Можно сделать вывод о том, что по­всеместно царившая в обществе того времени «альбомомания» и географически была весьма широко распространена.

Elena Pirogova. ITALIAN ALBUM OF A PROVINCIAL NOBLEWOMAN OF PUSHKIN'S TIME

A rare manuscript source is introduced — a ladies album of the early nineteenth century from the family of a famous Urals manufacturer, A.F. Turchaninov. The album is connected with several noble families, which adds unexpected details to the portraits of the members thereof. Texts, prose and poems, as well as drawings, describe relationships between relatives, their social circle, and provide insight into the level of culture and education of provincial nobility. The article concludes that an obsession with albums so typical for society of that time was geographically widespread.