Florenty Pavlenkov

Florenty Fyodorovich Pavlenkov
Born	Флорентий Фёдорович Павленков October 20, 1839 Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	January 20, 1900 (aged 60) Nice, France
Occupation	publisher, librarian philanthropist

Florenty Fyodorovich Pavlenkov (Флорентий Фёдорович Павленков, 20 October 1839, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire, - 20 January 1900, Nice, France) 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 Lives of the Distinguished People (Жизнь замечательных людей) which never ceased after his death and continues in the 21st century. The Pavlenkov Publishing House (which functioned up until 1917) released more than 750 books which sold 3,5 million.^[1][2]

References

1. "Флорентий Фёдорович Павленков". Brokhaus and Efron Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
2. Rassudovskaya, N.M. The Publisher F.F. Pavlenkov (1839—1900): His Life and Works. Moscow. The Moscow Book Chamber Publishers. 1960.