The bibliographical lists of printed publications (books and articles) by President V.V. Putin are submitted from the beginning of 2000 till the present moment. The literature about V.V. Putin for the same period is also reflected.

The authors tell about located at the Russian Book Chamber archives of records and documents dealing with teaching career of the prominent Russian bibliologist N.M. Lisovsky in SaintPetersburg and Moscow (1913–1920).

This article analyzes the results of monitoring bookselling enterprises in the Siberian and Far-Eastern region within the next stage (2019) of the Federal project ‘Cultural map of Russia’. The author considers the representation of Federal and regional network formations in the region. Special attention is paid to the analysis of local large, medium and micro networks. Trends in the development of regional network book trade are revealed.

The subject of study of the author is the history of the publication of a series of life-describing essays “Nashi, spisannye s natury russkimi”, which is a bright phenomenon both in literature and in the book art of Russia in the 1840s. This is example of the collective experience of the creative tandem of writers and engravers, book artists, which provided edition with a high status of one of the best examples in the history of Russian illustrated books and publishing. The author pays special attention to the reconstruction of the life and career of the editor and publisher of the almanac A.P. Bashutsky: thanks to his tireless activity the edition was published and was deservedly called the “first luxurious Russian publication”, which still remains today an item of important cultural and historical significance.