“International Consolidated Catalog of Russian Books, 1918—1926” at the Present Stage

The article characterizes the current state of the fundamental bibliographic project “International Consolidated Catalog of Russian Books, 1918—1926”. This catalog reflects the repertoire of the Russian book of the first post-revolutionary nine years (before the beginning of centralized cataloging in Russia). The released volumes and the database contain information about books published in the RSFSR and the USSR, as well as books from the Russian Diaspora and the White movement. The voluminous array of bibliographic information clearly shows how the Russian book was distributed all over the world and aroused the interest of foreign publishers and readers. The author not only summarizes the interim results of the development of this project, but also analyzes the current problems that currently need to be solved.