Blum, Arlen Viktorovich

Arlen Viktorovich Blum was born on March 30, 1933 . In 1951, after graduating from secondary school No. 1 in the city of Mednogorsk, Chkalov (now Orenburg ) region, he entered the Leningrad Library Institute , which he graduated in 1955; since August of the same year - bibliographer of the Chelyabinsk Regional Public Library.

From June 16, 1956 to March 1958 he served in the Soviet Army. Since April 29, 1958 - the bibliographer of the library of the Chelyabinsk Economic Council ; Since June 23, 1958 - bibliographer, bibliographer-editor, editor, editor-specialist of the Chelyabinsk Regional Public Library.

From November 1, 1962 to December 1, 1965 at the graduate school of the Leningrad Library Institute in the Department of Bibliography. From December 20, 1965 to November 16, 1966, the senior bibliographer of the State Public Library . In November-December 1966 - senior bibliographer of the Scientific Library. Gorky .

Since December 1966 - assistant, since 1968 - and. about. Associate Professor, since 1970 - Associate Professor, Department of Bibliography, Leningrad State Institute of Culture named after N.K. Krupskaya . From April 1, 1993 to May 25, 2010 - Professor of the Department of General Bibliography and Book Studies of the Institute of Culture - St. Petersburg State Academy of Culture - St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts .

He gave lecture cycles in Bochum and Oxford .

The dissertation “ Local book and censorship of pre-reform Russia ” (1966), the doctoral dissertation “Fiction as a historical and bibliographic source (Based on Russian literature)” was defended as a report at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture (1992).

Passed away on June 4, 2011 in St. Petersburg . He was buried at the Kuzmolovsky cemetery in the Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region ^[3] .

Since 2012, at Leningrad State University. A. Pushkin annually hosts an international scientific conference in memory of A. V. Blum, “The History of Books and Censorship in Russia. Blumov readings " ^[4] .

• Laureate of the Star Magazine Award (1998)
• Winner of the "Northern Palmyra" Prize in the category "Journalism and Criticism" for the book "Soviet Censorship in the Age of Total Terror" (2001) ^[5]

The academic degree of the candidate of philological sciences was awarded by a decision of the Council of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute on May 16, 1966; in the academic rank of assistant professor in the bibliography department was approved by the decision of the Higher Attestation Commission on April 3, 1970.

The scientific degree of Doctor of Philology was awarded by decision of the Higher Attestation Commission at the Council of Ministers of the USSR December 25, 1992; the academic title of professor at the Department of General Bibliography and Book Studies was awarded by the decision of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Higher Education on September 29, 1994.

The main areas of research are the history of provincial books and domestic censorship.

Selected Works

• "Travel" Orwell to the country of the Bolsheviks. To the 100th anniversary of George Orwell - Documentary Chronicle . - 2003.

Bibliographic studies, book history

• Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy (Series of Flyers). - [Chelyabinsk], 1955. - 4 separate leaflets in a wrapper. - 1000 copies. - (Compiled at the end of the 4th leaflet: bibliographer A.V. Blum)
• Metal saving in mechanical engineering: (Brief recommended. References). - Chelyabinsk, 1956. - 16 p. - 650 copies. - (Comp. Indicated at the end of the text: bibliographer A.V. Blum)
• Progressive Writers of India: (Bibliography. Literature Review). - [Chelyabinsk], 1956. - 14 p. - 700 copies. - (Comp. Indicated at the end of the text: bibliographer A.V. Blum)
• Vladimir Pavlovich Biryukov : (Bibliographic index). - Chelyabinsk, 1958.- 22 p. - 800 copies. - (Compiled at the end of the text: bibliographer A.V. Blum)
• Nikolai Pavlovich Voronov : (Bibliography memo) / (Chelyab. Region. Public Library. Library. Department Writers, Chelyab. Region). - Chelyabinsk, 1958. - 8 p. - 800 copies. - (Comp. Indicated at the end of the text: bibliographer A.V. Blum)
• Alexander Andreevich Shmakov : Bibliogr. Index / (Chelyab. Region. Public Library. Library. Department Writers Chelyab. Region). - [Chelyabinsk], 1958. - 35 p. - 800 copies. - (Comp. Is indicated in the issue: bibliographer A.V. Blum)
• About the Komsomol of the Chelyabinsk region: Recommended. index of literature. - [Chelyabinsk], 1958. - 23 p. - 1000 copies. - (Co-author: Shubina R.)
• Book and time: Tales of rare editions and bibliogr. finds. - Chelyabinsk, publ., 1962. - 111 p. - 5,000 copies. - (Co-author G.K.Dmitrin)
• F.F. Pavlenkov in Vyatka. - Kirov: Volgo-Vyat. Prince Publishing House, 1976. - 88 p. - (Prominent figures and natives of the Vyatka region). - 2000 copies.
• The Punisher of Lies, or Book Adventures of Baron Munchausen. - M .: Book, 1978. - 61 p. - (The fate of books). - 50,000 copies.
• Stories about the Ural books. - Sverdlovsk: Sred.-Ural. Prince Publishing House, 1980 .-- 159 p. - 15,000 copies. - (Co-author Pavlov V.A.)
• Fascinated by the book: Russian writers about books, reading, bibliophiles: [Collection / Comp., Entry. Art. and note. A. V. Blum]. - M .: Book, 1982. - 287 p. - 120,000 copies.
• Eternal Companions: Owls. writers about the book., reading, bibliophilia / [Comp., entry. Art. and note. A. V. Blum] - M .: Book, 1983. - 222 p. - 70,000 copies.
• Bibliographers and bibliography in Russian fiction of the XIX century. // Owls. bibliogr. - 1986. - No. 3. - S. 50-54.
• Book passions: Satirical works of Russian. and owls. writers about pr. and scribes: [Sat. / Comp., Entry. Art. and note. A. V. Blum; artist D.F. Terekhov]. - M .: Book, 1987 .-- 287 p. - 100,000 copies.
• Readers and book workers in Russian fiction: Textbook. allowance for the course "Book Science and the History of the Prince." (Dorev. period). - L .: LGIK, 1989 .-- 64 p. - 1,500 copies
• Edition of "Books for the people" // Book in Russia. 1861-1881. - M .: Book, 1991. - T. 3. - S. 7-27. - (Together with V. E. Kelner and N. G. Patrusheva)
• Fiction as a historical and bibliographic source (Based on Russian literature): Abstract dis. ... Dr. Filol. sciences / St. Petersburg. state Institute of Culture. - SPb., 1992. - 36 p.
• Desertifier: [ N. N. Strakhov as a prototype of the image of a scientist-bibliographer in the novel by D. I. Stakheev // Bibliophile. - M., 2002. - Sat. 1 .-- S. 155-162.
• “The Great Scribe” and others: images of bibliophiles and second-hand bookkeepers in Russian prose of the 20s of the XX century // Bibliophiles of Russia: Almanac.- M., 2004. - T. 1. - P. 383-406.
• Book Science Under Soviet Censorship // Book and World Civilization: Mater. XI scientific conf. on problems of book science (Moscow, April 20-21, 2004): In 4 volumes - M., 2004. - T. 2. - P. 182-184.
• Kozma Timoshurin - the prototype of Kozma Prutkov? // Rus. lit. - 2004. - No. 4. - S. 145—148.

Works on the history of censorship in Russia and the USSR

• Behind the curtains of the “Ministry of Truth”: The Secret History of Soviet Censorship, 1917-1929. - St. Petersburg: Humanity. Akad.project agency, 1994. - 322 p. - 2000 copies.
• Glavlit's sunset: How the system of Soviet censorship collapsed: Documentary chronicle 1985-1991 // Book: Research and materials. - Sat 71. - M.: TERRA, 1995 .-- S. 168-187.
• How the “Ministry of Truth” was destroyed: Soviet censorship of the era of glasnost and perestroika (1985-1991) // Star . - 1996. - No. 6. - S. 212-221.
• The Jewish Question Under Soviet Censorship. 1917-1991 / [Entry. Art. D. Elyashevich]. - SPb .: Petersburg. Heb. Univ., 1996 .-- 185 p. - (Petersburg Judaica. T. 1). - 1000 copies.
• Soviet censorship in the era of total terror. 1929-1953. - SPb .: Academic project, 2000. - 312 p.
• Prohibited books of Russian writers and literary critics. 1917-1991: Index of Soviet censorship with comments / M-in the culture of the Ros. Federation, St. Petersburg. state University of Culture and Arts . - SPb .: St. Petersburg. state University of Culture and Arts, 2003. - 403 p.
• Censorship in the Soviet Union, 1917-1991. Documents / comp. : A.V. Blum; commentary. : V. G. Volovnikov. - M.: ROSSPEN, 2004 .-- 575 p.
• As it was done in Leningrad. Censorship during the years of the thaw, stagnation and perestroika. 1953-1991. - SPb .: Academic project, 2005. - 296 p.
• From the Neolithic to Glavlit: memorable and entertaining episodes, events and anecdotes from the history of Russian censorship from Peter the Great to the present: collected from literary and archival sources. - SPb. : Publishing House named after N. I. Novikov: Art of Russia, 2009. - 272 p.
• Russian writers on censorship and censors. From Radishchev to the present day: 1790-1990: the experience of commented anthology. - St. Petersburg: Polygraph, 2001 .-- 607 p.

• Chan M. Pilots of book seas // Chelyabinsk Worker . - 1961. - Feb 18.
• 50th Birth Anniversary of A. V. Blum // Soviet Bibliographer . - 1983. - No. 4.
• Ural literature: A brief bio-bibliographic reference. - Chelyabinsk, 1989.
• The path to the reader / Comp.: A. G. Zavrina, L. M. Maslova. - Chelyabinsk, 1998.
• Morgenstern I. G. Blum Arlen Viktorovich [Electronic resource] // Encyclopedia "Chelyabinsk". (2003).
• Shomrakova I.A. Arlen Viktorovich Blum. To the 70th birthday // Book: studies and materials . - Sat 81. - M .: Nauka , 2003. - S. 254—258: 1 ph.
• Shomrakova I.A. Arlen Viktorovich Blum (1933-2011) // Bibliography . - 2011. - No. 4. - S. 158-159: 1 ph.
• Shomrakova I. A. Readings on censorship (review of the book by A. V. Blum “From Neolithic to Glavlit. Memorable and entertaining episodes, events and anecdotes from the history of Russian censorship from Peter the Great to the present day. St. Petersburg: Izd. N. I. Novikova, 2009. 272 ​​pp. ”) // Censorship in Russia: History and Present: Sat. scientific works. - SPb, 2011. - Issue. 5. - S. 437-441.
• Ketegat Henry. Once [In memory of A. V. Blum] // UFO . - 2011. - No. 112.
• Bibliographic list of publications of A. V. Blum // UFO. - 2011. - No. 112.
• Kumok V.N., Volovnik S.V. Jews of Melitopol. - Melitopol: MGT Publishing House, 2012. - T. 1. - S. 512-513.
• In memory of A. V. Blum // Censorship in Russia: history and modernity: Sat. scientific works. - SPb, 2013. - Issue. 6. - S. 516-522.
• Sonina E. S. About the last book of A. V. Blum // Censorship in Russia: history and modernity: collection. scientific tr / Grew. Acad. nat. bk [and others]. - SPb., 2013. - Issue. 6. - S. 547-548.

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