All-Russian Reading Day — description and history of the holiday
The All-Russian Reading Day(this article is in Russian - Всероссийский день чтения) is celebrated on October 9. The holiday is designed to return Russia[ru] to the status of the most reading country[ru], attract everyone's attention to reading[ru] and awaken love[ru] for books. On this day, as a rule, there are excursions to libraries, exhibitions of publications for children, reading lessons, quizzes, themed games with contests, various promotions are held.
This date is quite young. For the first time, the holiday was celebrated in 2007 — then the national reading program was adopted on November 24. Since then, various events and holidays promoting reading have been organized in all regions of the country[ru] at this time of the year. "To deepen interest in the book, to satisfy the need for reading" is the main task of libraries. After all, a reading person has a larger amount of memory, analyzes information faster, has a creative imagination, and clearly states his thoughts.
Ekaterina Sergeevna Gagarina, literature teacher:
Probably, one of the most unusual All-Russian holidays is Reading Day. It emerged in 2007 at the same time as the adoption of the National Reading Program. The holiday is celebrated on October 9 by everyone who loves to read, who loves to inhale[ru] the smell of books, who has already decided on their favorite works and who is still waiting to meet them.
In 2020, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion conducted a telephone survey of Russian citizens on the topic of reading. It was revealed that almost a third of Russians (30%) have not read a single book in a year. 44% have read from one to five books. And only a quarter of Russians can be attributed to inveterate readers who have mastered more than five books in a year.
In the middle of the 20th century, the inhabitants of Russia were considered the most reading nation, and the book was the best gift. Now the palm belongs to Iceland. By the way, they still have a tradition of exchanging books as Christmas[ru] gifts.
Reading is one of the most useful hobbies that allows you to better understand yourself and the world around you. Many studies have proven that reading makes us happier, smarter, more responsive and can even prevent the development of diseases[ru], such as Alzheimer's disease.
Therefore, as part of the celebration of the All-Russian Reading Day, we bring to your attention "Interesting facts about reading" prepared by the library staff. We hope that the selected facts will bring you even more pleasure from reading!
Interesting facts about reading
When a person reads, his eyes[ru] look in different directions.
Approximately 95% of people do not know how to read fast. Their average speed is 180-220 minutes, that is, 1 page in 1.5-2 minutes.
The disease[ru] of reading books or anything else is called bibliophobia.
Napoleon's reading speed was 2,000 words per minute.
The love[ru] of the smell of books is called bibliosmia.
"Life on the Mississippi", written by Mark Twain[ru], became the first book printed on a typewriter.
The most ancient of the known literary works is the epic of Gilgamesh. Its age is 4000 years.
The largest library in the world is the Library of Congress (located in Washington, USA).
The collection of works "Codex Lester" by Leonardo da Vinci[ru] is considered the most expensive book in the world. Bill Gates bought it in 1994 for $30.8 million. Since 2003, it has been on display at the Seattle Museum of Art.
By the 18th page of reading a book, many people lose interest in it.
Handwritten books have been published in Russia since 1057.
Agatha Christie's Stories about Miss Marple — the thickest book, was released on May 20, 2009 by HarperCollins Publishing house in London. Her weight is 8.04 kg.
Scientists have proven that 68 minutes of reading a day relieves any stress.
A person who buys and resells rare and rare publications is called a second-hand bookseller.
For Stalin, the minimum daily reading rate was 400 pages.
Poem reading
Take a book just to look through, And what's in it — it will immediately become interesting. You'll want to read it faster. Read — it's fashionable and useful!
Boris Slutsky:
It doesn't matter how many books have been read, But it matters for a very long time Daily, nightly reading, Nightly — with a lamp lit — out the window.
And while the circle from the lamp on the round table Turns off only at late dawn, Everything is fine on a round and bright Earth[ru], A planet populated by readers.
Read more about reading in the literature:
Granik G. G., Bondarenko S. M., kontsevaya L. A. When the book teaches. — Moscow, 1988;
Doblev Lev Petrovich. The semantic structure of the educational text and the problems of its understanding. - M., 1982;
Ippolitova Natalia. Types of reading on the lessons of the Russian language // RES. - 1987. — No. 2;
Ippolitova N.. Learning to read // Methods of teaching the Russian language. - M., 1990;
Text linguistics and instruction in introductory reading in high school. - M., 1987;
Socio-historical approach in the psychology of learning / edited by Michael Cole. - M., 1989;
Folomkina Sophia Kirillovna. Learning to read // Methodology of teaching foreign languages in the secondary school: a textbook for pedagogical institutes / Nadezhda Ivanovna GEZ, Michael V. Lyakhovitsky, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich in size and others — M., 1985;
Okuneva Irina. The phenomenon of "reading" at Proust and Benjamin // experience and sensual in the culture of modernity. Philosophical and anthropological aspects. M., 2004. P. 70-93;
Reitblat, Abram Ilyich. Reading aloud as a cultural tradition // Reitblat AI as Pushkin came out in genius: Historical and sociological essays on the book culture of the Pushkin era. Moscow: NLO, 2001. P. 30-35
Rubakin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich. The book and the reader. M., 1928;
Seliverstova Nina Anatolievna. Reading interests of young people // Knowledge. Understanding. Skill. — 2005. — No. 4. — P. 156-157.
