The Year of Russian Cinema-2016: The book "History of Astrakhan theater. 1908-2016" released

August 24, 2016 in the N. K. Krupskaya Astrakhan Regional Scientific Library is held the presentation of the book by Vladimir Petrushkin "History of Astrakhan cinemas. 1908-2016".

The album catalog includes unique materials, photographs, playbills that reveal to the reader the world of the cultural life of the last century. The book describes the history of the 54 cinemas worked in the city of Astrakhan in the period from 1908 to 2016. Thanks to little-known facts and rich illustrative material the edition will be interesting to a wide range of readers interested in the past time of the region.

The book is the fruit of many years of hard work the author of hundreds of hours of scientific research conducted in the reading rooms of libraries and archives in Astrakhan and St. Petersburg.