Sopikov V.S., (1765-1818), bibliographer

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SOPIKOV Vasily Stepanovich (1765-1818, St. Petersburg), publisher, bookseller, librarian, bibliographer. In 1788, he opened a bookshop in Gostiny Dvor; in 1791-1811, ran a public library in his shop (in 1800, it contained 1,410 volumes), published its catalogues (the first catalogue was printed in 1790). From 1811 and for the rest of his life, he served in the Imperial Public Library (living in the building of the Library at 20 Sadovaya Street). Sopikov made an important contribution to the establishment of the Russian Book Fund, controlled deliveries of copies of all publications to the library, and worked on compiling the library catalogue. He also prepared a publication entitled “An Experiment of Russian Bibliography,” (parts 1-5, 1813-21), in which he presented information on over 13,200 publications in Russian and Church Slavonic languages published from early Slavonic book-printing through the 19th century.

References: Неопубликованные материалы, связанные с жизнью и деятельностью В. С. Сопикова // Сов. библиогр. 1973. № 6. С. 40-70; Мартынов И. Ф. Новое о В. С. Сопикове // Книжное дело Петербурга - Петрограда - Ленинграда. Л., 1981. С. 27-30. (Сб. науч. тр. / Ленингр. гос. ин-т культуры; Т. 58); Голубева О. Д. Сопиков Василий Степанович // Сотрудники Российской национальной библиотеки - деятели науки и культуры: Биогр. слов. СПб., 1995. Т. 1. С. 481-484.

I. G. Matveeva. Sopikov Vasily Stepanovich
Sadovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 20
Мартынов И. Ф. Новое о В. С. Сопикове // Книжное дело Петербурга - Петрограда - Ленинграда. Л., 1981 Russian National Library
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