Representatives of the Harley–Davidson motorcycle owners' club donated the early–printed Cyrillic editions from the Mogilev Printing house on 17 February at the Book Museum.
The book collection of the National library of Belarus has been replenished with the Old Believers' publications "Chasovnik" and "Psaltyr", printed in the 30s of the 18th century.
Viktar Pshybytka, deputy director general of the National library of Belarus, greeted the attendees. He noted the importance of the unique book culture of the Old Believers in the Belarusian book printing industry and expressed gratitude for the book monuments that have added to the library's valuable collections.
Alexander Shugai, deputy director of the H.O.G Minsk Chapter Belarus Motorcycle Club, spoke about the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the motorcycle club and about cultural events that create a holiday not only for motorcycle enthusiasts, but also for every book lover. He stressed that the National library as the primary keeper of the book heritage is a place of power of knowledge and added that the club is happy to add to the library collection.
Galina Kireeva, chief bibliographer of the Bibliology research department, introduced the guests to the publishing repertoire and features of printing for Old Believers in the Mogilevskaia printing house.
The article is provided by the Bibliology research department.
