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The first printing houses of Kharkov
Kharkov is a city of printers. What do we know about the first printing houses in our city?
The first known in history attempt to found a printing house in Kharkov was back in 1767-1769 in the Spiritual Collegium by the Kharkov governor Shcherbinin. He believed that “the printing of books is the most useful” for the education of the population. But then the St. Petersburg Synod banned the publication of books in the region, and it was never established.
The very first printing house in Kharkov was founded in May 1793 – it belonged to the organization of the Order of the Public Benefit of Catherine II. She mainly served for the needs of the Provincial Government, but sometimes she also printed books. The most famous printed book in Kharkov was “Word on the day of the coronation of imp. Catherine II “1795 Prokopovich. He also translated Berdichev’s “Kalendarz gospodarski” and printed it in this printing house in 1797, 1799, 1808, 1809. and etc.
The second printing house in Kharkov was university; it was founded back in 1804 by two foreigners, Huck and Draeger, who were invited to Kharkov by the famous figure and founder of the university, V.N.Karazin. A year later, 1805, the university printing house was ready, and on September 20 of that year it also published the first book – “The Experience of Rhetoric” by IS Rizhsky, the first rector of the Imperial Kharkov University (now the V.N. Karazin University).
Kharkov printing house developed very well and soon became the best among provincial printing houses; she was often approached by other printers for advice or printed material. Now the territory is occupied by the main building of the Engineering and Pedagogical Academy, which has been preparing specialists in printing for our city for a long time. UIPA graduates are successfully working in our printing house!
Kharkov printing house, printing, offset printing, book printing, magazine printing, catalog printing, notebook printing, poster printing, booklet printing, leaflet printing
Always with you, The first experimental printing house in Kharkov
The first printing houses of Kharkov
Kharkov is a city of printers. What do we know about the first printing houses in our city?
The first known in history attempt to found a printing house in Kharkov was back in 1767-1769 in the Spiritual Collegium by the Kharkov governor Shcherbinin. He believed that “the printing of books is the most useful” for the education of the population. But then the St. Petersburg Synod banned the publication of books in the region, and it was never established.
The very first printing house in Kharkov was founded in May 1793 – it belonged to the organization of the Order of the Public Benefit of Catherine II. She mainly served for the needs of the Provincial Government, but sometimes she also printed books. The most famous printed book in Kharkov was “Word on the day of the coronation of imp. Catherine II “1795 Prokopovich. He also translated Berdichev’s “Kalendarz gospodarski” and printed it in this printing house in 1797, 1799, 1808, 1809. and etc.
The second printing house in Kharkov was university; it was founded back in 1804 by two foreigners, Huck and Draeger, who were invited to Kharkov by the famous figure and founder of the university, V.N.Karazin. A year later, 1805, the university printing house was ready, and on September 20 of that year it also published the first book – “The Experience of Rhetoric” by IS Rizhsky, the first rector of the Imperial Kharkov University (now the V.N. Karazin University).
Kharkov printing house developed very well and soon became the best among provincial printing houses; she was often approached by other printers for advice or printed material. Now the territory is occupied by the main building of the Engineering and Pedagogical Academy, which has been preparing specialists in printing for our city for a long time. UIPA graduates are successfully working in our printing house!
Kharkov printing house, printing, offset printing, book printing, magazine printing, catalog printing, notebook printing, poster printing, booklet printing, leaflet printing
Always with you, The first experimental printing house in Kharkov
