2. The oldest book using the Cyrillic alphabet was
“Ostromyrove Yevanheliye” (the Gospels of Ostromyr,
1056—1057). It was only natural that the literary works
of the ancient times were of a religious nature
(sermons, hymns, etc.).
3.
4. With time the
number of books
grew. Yaroslav the
Wise set up a
library at St.
Sophia Cathedral.
During the
Ukrainian
renaissance
(16th—17th
centuries) a lot of
libraries appeared
in Ostroh, Lviv,
Kyiv’s Monastery
of the Caves.
6. The following statistics testify to the development of book
printing in Ukraine: in 1591—1622, the print shop of Lviv put
out 13 books; the one at the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves —
40 books; the print shop in Chemihiv produced more than
50 books over a short period of time.
Lviv shop
Kyiv Monastery of
the Caves
Chemihiv shop
7. A new type of literature, fiction, appeared in Ukraine at the end
of the 18th century. Public libraries began to function in many
Ukrainian cities and towns. The situation with Ukrainian books
changed after the revolution of 1917.
8. A new stage in book printing in Ukraine began in 1980. A number
of new publishing houses specializing in a variety of spheres were
set up. . Book printing became an inseparable component of the
national economy, assuming an important role in the
democratization of society, in the cultural and linguistic rebirth of
the nation.
9. In the early 1990s
Ukraine numerated
25,292 public and
university libraries
with over 400.9
million volumes, of
which books and
magazines in
Ukrainian
constituted 36%.
10.
11. In Ukraine, the appearance of prints ruled
manuscript book, which was a work of art.
14. But in the next
editions ("Book of
Hours,"
1609, "Discussions
of education John
Chrysostom at
chad" in 1609)
there is a new
element of
decoration - a
plot-fashioned
engraving.
