Sphere of cultureSphere of culture2713-301XSamara State Institute of Culture11752810.48164/2713-301X_2022_9_71Research ArticleBook Culture of the Germans of the Crimean ASSR in the Aspect of the National Policy of the Region During the 1920s–30sPirozhkovaTatiana V.<p>postgraduate student at the <em>Publishing and Book Science</em> Department of the Moscow Polytechnic University’s Graduate School of Print and Media Industry</p>tatyana.pirozhkova76@mail.ruMoscow Polytechnic University141220223371861412202214122022Copyright © 2022, Pirozhkova T.V.2022<p>The book culture of the Germans of the Crimean ASSR is of interest for the researchers of the regional history, culture and national policy. The article deals with the system of supplying the republics German population with printed products during the 1920s30s. The channels of national literature supply to the Crimean Autonomous SSR, the degree of supplying German schools and political-educational institutions with it, as well as the level of literacy and education of the Crimean Germans during the reviewed period, are analyzed. The formation of local traditions of German-language publishing and its share in the production of the Crimean State Publishing House are shown. The facts proving a low level of supply of national literature to the Germans of the Crimean ASSR, as well as narrowness of its topics, are given; the reasons for these phenomena are analyzed.</p>Germans of the Crimeanational policy in the Crimean ASSRbook culture of the Crimean ASSRlibrary services to the Germans of the Crimean ASSRbook publishing in Germanthe Crimean State Publishing Houseнемцы Крыманациональная политика в Крымской АССРкнижная культура Крымской АССРбиблиотечное обслуживание немцев Крымской АССРкнигоиздание на немецком языкеКрымское государственное издательство[Jablonovs’ka, N.V. (2006) Etnichna presa Krymu: istorija ta suchasnist’ [The Ethnic Press of the Crimea: the Past and Today]. Simferopol: The Training and Education State Publishing House of the Crimea. (In Ukrainian).][Yablonovskaya, N.V. 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