Sphere of cultureSphere of culture2713-301XSamara State Institute of Culture11105610.48164/2713-301X_2022_8_101Research ArticleThe condition of the Baltic Fleet libraries during the first years of the soviet power (based on the materials of the Russian State Naval Archives)NovikovaLidiya I.<p>Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Director of the Fundamental Library</p>LilaNV@yandex.ruFundamental Library of the Saint Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine25092022321011102509202225092022Copyright © 2022, Novikova L.I.2022<p>The Bolshevik propaganda was successful among the lower ranks of Russian Empires Navy largely due to either inaction or insufficiently active work of the official bodies responsible for morale building. Considering their predecessors mistakes, the early Soviet leaders paid very close attention to political agitation and propaganda in the Russian Republics Armed Forces from their first days. 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