The Russian North has been supplied with publishing products for nearly 300 years The Russian population of Kola Fortress began to receive a regular annual supply of fresh publishing products in the fall of 1728. Even the destruction caused during the British attack in 1854 did not interrupt the shipment of books and magazines to the Russian North. "It's quite clear that the Russian kings paid a lot of attention to informing the population," says book publishing historian Tatiana Kristen. "Archive documents say that the schedules for the delivery of books and calendars to the regions were under the personal control of the senior state officials." In the 18th century, book publishing was not as developed in any country in the world as in the Russian Empire, the publisher noted. And all because in 1727 the first state printing house was created in the Academy of Sciences. In October 1728, the first "thick" calendar month for 1729 was published. It was printed in mid-October 1728. In October it was published so that in the next two months it could be distributed throughout the Russian Empire on the sleighs of the postmen. Calendars were necessarily accepted by the offices of all provincial cities and the "presence" of private officials.

The Russian North has been supplied with publishing products for nearly 300 years The Russian population of Kola Fortress began to receive a regular annual supply of fresh publishing products in the fall of 1728. Even the destruction caused during the British attack in 1854 did not interrupt the shipment of books and magazines to the Russian North. "It's quite clear that the Russian kings paid a lot of attention to informing the population," says book publishing historian Tatiana Kristen. "Archive documents say that the schedules for the delivery of books and calendars to the regions were under the personal control of the senior state officials." In the 18th century, book publishing was not as developed in any country in the world as in the Russian Empire, the publisher noted. And all because in 1727 the first state printing house was created in the Academy of Sciences. In October 1728, the first "thick" calendar month for 1729 was published. It was printed in mid-October 1728. In October it was published so that in the next two months it could be distributed throughout the Russian Empire on the sleighs of the postmen. Calendars were necessarily accepted by the offices of all provincial cities and the "presence" of private officials.

Since the end of 1728, wagons have transported calendars, periodicals and other products of the academic printing house, today called "Nauka" publishing house, to Kola Fortress by wagons along the winter route every year. "The boards looked like thick books. The first pages contained the calendar we were used to, and the following pages contained a lot of useful information. In the 19th century, they were even accompanied by metal engravings - portraits of people and eugenic landscapes," says Tatiana Kristen. SeverPost read books.