Soviet library policy in the first years of the October revolution

The article is devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Russia revolution of 1917. History of libraries of Russia 1917-1920 years is considered in the system of historical knowledge of this period. Interpretations of the history of librarianship in the first years of Soviet power are based on an unique understanding of the role of libraries as a means of mass informing of the population. In the article the author analyzes the political conditions for development of librarianship, which established the nationalization of the library collections, mass requisition, ideological "cleansing" in the people's libraries.