Govorov, Alexander Alekseevich

From an old noble family. Born in a teacher's family ^[1] . He studied at Moscow schools No. 7 and No. 528.

During the Great Patriotic War he worked at a military factory.

He entered the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. V.I. Lenin , but in 1948 he was convicted under article 58-10, part 2 . He served his sentence in Butyrka prison, in the camps of Vorkuta and Mordovia. Released in 1953

In 1955 he graduated from Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. V.I. Lenin, for some time worked as a teacher in an orphanage. I could not find a job as a teacher because of a criminal record in a political article, so I went to the bookseller (in 1942 I worked in a second-hand bookstore in Moscow). Since 1955, he served in Moskotigotorg, since 1958 - in the Office of Commerce of the Central Union.

In 1958-1964 taught at the Moscow Cooperative Institute. Since 1964 - Dean, Professor (1982), Head of the Department of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute .

In 1969 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of philological sciences on the topic "The History of Book Trade as a Scientific Discipline" ^[2]

In 1980 he defended his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences on the topic "Historical and Bibliological Study of the Construction of Socialist Book Trade in the USSR" ^[3]

He was friends with the restorer Nedovich Nikolai Dmitrievich .

He was buried in Moscow at the Khovansky cemetery ^[4] .

He raised four children: Maria, Alexei, Alexander and Elena.

Book historian, book scholar. He studied the history of books, especially book trade and book distribution. Author and co-author of 15 textbooks, including the world's first textbook for antiquarian-second-hand book dealers (Second-hand book trade. - M., 1990).

Selected Works

• Govorov A. A. History of the book trade: Textbook. allowance for booksellers. and coop. technical schools. - M .: Book, 1966. - 264 p. - 15,000 copies.
• Govorov A.A., Vinogradova L. The first bookstores of the State Publishing House // Prince. trade. - 1971. - No. 7 . - S. 74–75 .
• Govorov A.A. The history of book trade in the USSR: a textbook for university students / Govorov, Alexander Alekseevich, Author (Author); Kuybysheva, G.I., Editor. - Moscow: Book, 1976. - 398, [2] p.: Tables; 21 cm. - Bibliography in footnotes. - 10,000 copies. - (Hardcover): 96 k.
• Vinogradova L.A. The history of book trade: a textbook for bookselling technical schools [printed text] / Vinogradova, Lyudmila Anatolyevna, Author (Author); Govorov, Alexander Alekseevich, Author (Author); Lublinsky, Sergey Borisovich, Author (Author); Silantieva, Elvira Alekseevna, Author (Author); Kuybysheva, G.I., Editor; Verkhovsky, Semyon Semenovich, Artist (Artist); Barenbaum, Joseph Evseevich, Author of review, review (Reviewer). - 2nd edition, revised and supplemented. - Moscow: Book, 1982. - 286, [2] p .: ill .; 21 cm. - Bibliography in footnotes. - Bibliography. at the end of the chapters. Bibliographic list: p. 278, 279.- Decree. Names: s. 280-284.- 10,000 copies .- (Hardcover)
• Govorov A. A., Goleva O. P., Doroshevich A. V. et al. Bukinistic trade: Textbook. for universities. - M .: Publishing House of MPI, 1990 .-- 233 p. - 23,120 copies. - ISBN 8-7043-0128-2 .
• Govorov A.A., Lopatina T. First Moscow second-hand book dealers // In the world of books. - 1973. - No. 7 . - S. 67–68 .
• Govorov A. A. Belovitskaya, Alisa Aleksandrovna // Book: Encyclopedia / Editorial: I. E. Barenbaum , A. A. Belovitskaya , A. A. Govorov et al. - Moscow: Big Russian Encyclopedia , 1998. - 800 p.: ill. ISBN 5-85270-312-5

He dreamed of writing historical novels as a child. The first poem - “The Name of the Leader” - was published in the newspaper “Pedagogical Personnel” on January 5, 1946. In the 1940s He wrote two stories: “The Book of Genesis” and “On the Other Side of the Night” (not published anywhere, served as an occasion for arrest) ^[5] . Member of the Union of Writers since 1975. He gained fame as the author of seven historical novels and short stories published in 1960-1990:

• “Alkamen is a theatrical boy”, 1962
• Floreal, 1968
• The Last Carolingians, 1972
• "The Life and Works of Vasily Kiprianov, Tsarist Librarian", 1979
• "St. Petersburg Kunstkamera, or Seven Bright Nights of 1726", 1985
• Smirdin and son: a historical novel [print] / Govorov, Alexander Alekseevich, Author. - Moscow [Russia]: Children's literature, 1991. - 398 pp. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-08-001594-2
• "Byzantine darkness", 1994

These works are included in the collected works:

• Govorov A.A. Collected works: In 4 volumes - M .: Terra , 1993. - 50,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85255-245-3 .

• Simonov R. A. In memory of A. A. Govorov. // Book. Research and materials . Sat 82. - M .: Terra, 2004. - S. 458-460 . - ISBN 5-02-033232-1 .
• Moscow encyclopedia . Volume 1: Faces of Moscow . Book 6: AZ. Additions. - M.: Moscow Textbooks OJSC, 2014

• Govorov Alexander Alekseevich (neopr.) . Scientific and publishing center "Science". Date of treatment May 26, 2012. Archived on September 9, 2012.