Almanacs of the late XVIIIth – first half of the XIXth centuries in the funds of the state museum-estate of V.G. Belinskiy

The publication contains a list of literary almanacs presented in the fund collections of the State Museum-Estate of V.G. Belinskiy. The authors reveal the role of publications of this type in the popularization of Russian poetry and prose of the late XVIIIth – first half of the XIXth Centuries, give an assessment of the degree of rarity of certain copies, the presence of inscriptions in the them, marginal notes and stamps of the previous owners. The article highlights the importance of almanacs as a source of study of the great critic’s creative heritage as well as museum exhibits which reveal peculiarities of this period in the history of Russian literature.