Florenty Pavlenkov

Florenty Fyodorovich Pavlenkov was a Russian publisher, librarian and philanthropist, founder of the All-Russian circuit of rural libraries, who compiled and edited the Illustrated Reader for Children which in 1873 received an honorable commendation at the Vienna Book exhibition. Pavlenkov is best known as a founder and publisher of an epic 200-plus biographical series "The Lives of Remarkable People" which never ceased after his death and continues in the 21st century. The Pavlenkov Publishing House released more than 750 books which sold 3,5 million.