Moscow and St. Petersburg lead in the number of books purchased per person in 2026: "The index of book purchases per capita in relation to the Russian average in both capitals was 1.71 - that is, almost two books per capita. Krasnodar was in third place with a slightly lower indicator - 1.67. The top five also included Yekaterinburg and Kazan. In sixth place is Voronezh, followed by Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov-on-Don. Barnaul and Chelyabinsk close the top ten with indicators of 1.32".

Moscow and St. Petersburg lead in the number of books purchased per person in 2026: "The index of book purchases per capita in relation to the Russian average in both capitals was 1.71 - that is, almost two books per capita. Krasnodar was in third place with a slightly lower indicator - 1.67. The top five also included Yekaterinburg and Kazan. In sixth place is Voronezh, followed by Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov-on-Don. Barnaul and Chelyabinsk close the top ten with indicators of 1.32".