BIBLIOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE OF RUSSIAN FEMALE WRITERS BY S. RUSSOV

Abstract

The article deals with the first in the Russian literature specialized edition devoted to Russian female writers - “The Bibliographic Catalogue of Russian Female Writers” compiled by S. Russov (1826). Russov's catalog manifested emerging in 1820s interest in the history of women's literature. The article analyzes the sources used by the compiler of the catalogue as well as the leading principles of selecting personalities. The main goal, set by Russov, is to preserve the maximum possible number of writers' names (in the broadest sense of the term).