Religious literature in the personal library of Ismail Gasprinsky
Ismail Gasprinsky (1851-1914) - was a public figure, writer, reformer, publisher and editor of the first Crimean Tatar national newspaper «Terjiman», he was an enlightener who gained fame and recognition among the whole Turk and Muslim world. To date the enlightener's book collection is partially preserved and represents only the crumbs of that rich personal library, which was being formed and stored at the «Terjiman» editor. Now it is stored in the «Bakhchisaray historical, cultural and archaeological museum preserve» and Ismail Gasprinsky Memorial Museum collections and represents printed editions of mid XIX - early XX centuries. Most of the books from the personal library of I. Gasprinsky were irretrievably lost, and the only way to figure them out is due to reviews published in «Terjiman». This research was an attempt to identify the lost editions, as well as to organize the preserved publications belonged to I. Gasprinsky, religious literature, due to which the inner world of the enlightener was formed through. Unfortunately, a full registry of printed materials published in the «Terjiman» newspaper still haven't been made, religious and moral books and brochures, made up by I. Gasprinsky himself haven't been studied well enough. The Korans, published by Bakhchisarai publisher and editor, which repeatedly won the competition with the powerful British printing enterprises in the Eastern market, aren't studied at all.