The authors of the article provide the main statistics of the Russian printed periodicals output in the first half of 2020, analyzing the current state and trends in this sphere in Russia.

The article presents bibliographic and statistical information about Russian printed book editions and articles in periodicals of V.I. Lenin himself and about him. The chronological coverage — the post-Soviet period from 1991 to 2020 (the jubilee year of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Lenin).

The article tells about special features of innovatory teaching activity of the outstanding Russian bibliologist N.M. Lisovsky in Saint Petersburg (1913–1917).

The author describes many-sided educational activities of the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Library. Special attention is given to its the most significant editions on the basis of unique theatre retrospective and current bibliography.

Unknown pages of the history unique book collection of Karaites — Karai-bitikligi library in Yevpatoria on the basis of the new documents revealed in the archives of Saint Petersburg, Kiev, Simferopol were restored.

This article provides an overview of the collections of games, published in Russia in 1844–1917. The author notes characteristic features of these publications in connection with pedagogical and historical trends.

The author describes the history of foundation of this Association, its main achievements and problems in the activities.