Under the St. Andrew's flag and the city coat of arms: activities of the printing house "Kronstadskiy Vestnik" in 1860-1917
The study of regional book publishing in Russia is one of the topical areas of modern historical and bibliological research. Studying history of individual private printing houses is necessary to understand the historical path of Russian regional book publishing, to study the reading circle in Russia in the XIX - early XX centuries. On the basis of little-known and archival sources, printed products (books and brochures) published in the printing house, the article reconstructs the history of publishing and printing activities of the leading book-publishing institution in the © Степанов С.В., 2021 43 St. Petersburg province - the printing house "Kronstadt Bulletin"; the role of well-known figures of the fleet in the development of the book business of the capital province is revealed. The article gives the periodization of the printing house history, reconstructs the biographies of the owners; gives thematic and typological characteristics of the repertoire of publications; and also reveals the participation of well-known persons as authors-customers -pastor I. Kronstadtsky, journalist M.O. Menshikov and others.