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# According to data for 2024, library attendance in Russia has risen one and a half times since 2020, reaching more than 482 thousand people; in 2020 libraries were visited by 288,802 people
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/po-dannym-za-2024-god-poseshchaemost-bibliotek-v-rossii-uvelichilas-po-sravneniiu-s-2020-godom-v-poltora-raza-dostignuv-bolee-482-tysiach-chelovek-v-2020-godu-biblioteki-posetili-288-80/
- Published: 2025-06-25T11:12:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:29:39.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Observations, Society, Humour

Even so, you will understand, half a million people a year is catastrophically few for a literate, educated country of 140 million. Sad, comrades

I alone visit some 300 times a year, though it is unclear here whether they counted unique visitors or the total number of visits. If the former, my contribution alone comes to 0.06%