A.S. Pushkin in Russia of XXI Century: Editions of Works by Databases of the Russian Book Chamber

To the 225th anniversary of our classic poet, a historical and bibliographical review of the main publications of the 20th-21st centuries about the life and works of A.S. Pushkin is given. There are also statistics and information about his works published from 2000 to 2024. Printed sources about the poet’s works for this period are reflected in the same detail. Publishers-leaders both in the sphere of publishing the poet’s works and in the sphere of publishing literary works on the life and works of A.S. Pushkin are highlighted. In 2000s — mid-2024s, 2720 book editions of Pushkin’s works with a total circulation of 20.667 million copies and 2276 editions about his life and works with a circulation of 3.884 million copies were registered. The first ten publishers of Pushkin’s works are headed by the recognized leaders — “Eksmo” and “AST” (399 titles with a circulation of 3.46 million copies and 256 titles with a circulation of 2.02 million copies respectively). Among the leading publishers in terms of the number of titles published about Pushkin’s life and works, the Pushkin Museum-Reserve is in first place (64 titles), and “AST” Publishing House is only in second position (48 titles). However, “AST” and “Eksmo” are ahead of the others in terms of circulation (247.1 thousand copies and 164.5 thousand copies respectively).