Part of the "Mass Culture and Entertainment in Russia" series, this collection of ca. 200 titles exemplify the genres of Russian popular literature originating in the early nineteenth century. The collection includes penny dreadfuls, historical fiction, chivalric and bandit tales, detectives, family dramas, songbooks, and more.

The set includes statistical material published by the Zemstvo, as well as general works and local studies in this field. Material concerns agrarian development and the peasantry of the 19th-20th centuries and includes demographic statistics, data on health and medical care, primary education and libraries, meterological data, data about large estates, handcrafts and industry in cities. CRL holds an incomplete set (covering titles RZ1-RZ408 as indexed in the collection guide). Individual titles are cataloged separately.

GUIDE: University Microfilms International. Russian history and culture index : a microfiche collection of scarce books on 19th and early 20th century Russia from the Helsinki University Library. E-6273 This is a continuing set of microfiche of titles in the humanities and social sciences. The Helsinki University Library was an official depository of Russian books from 1820-1917. The individual titles are cataloged and appear in CRLCATALOG.

The Center holds the documents of the Russian parliament from 1906-1917. The microfilm also contains an index.

This set reproduces material in the British parliamentary papers concerning Russia. It is also known as the British diplomatic blue book series, 1801-1899.

GUIDE: Reference Folder #108