N Zaitsev biography

Vladimir Nikolaevich Zaitsev in his office. In his speech at a solemn act, V. Putin said: “Today's event is important not only for St. Petersburg, but for all of Russia. Thus, the current president of the Russian Federation praised the role of the Russian National Library. The discovery of the new building of the Russian National Library was one of the largest events of recent years in domestic culture.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Zaitsev headed the library from the years. He was born on December 8, his life was ordinary for the generation of children of war and adolescents of the post-war era: wartime difficulties are the father in the army, his mother works in the hospital, bread on cards, then a school, in March, in the city of the army in November in the summer of that year, he successfully passed the entrance exams and became a student of the daytime department of the Leningrad Institute of Textile and Easy industry named after At the institute, 15 years of Zaitsev’s life, a student, a junior researcher, graduate student, senior teacher, associate professor, were held at the institute.

Zaitsev’s student life is recalled by his colleague A. Khnikova: “E - unforgettable student years at the Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry ... Vladimir Nikolaevich becomes a recognized leader of student youth. The romance of student construction detachments, searches and discoveries in a student scientific society and competitions of student scientific works, memorable holiday evenings with excellent amateur performances - all this was a particle of the tireless energy of Vladimir Nikolaevich.

His sincerity, the ability to reach every person, unquenchable the feeling of a new one and perseverance in the implementation of the plan always attracted people to him. ”2. With colleagues-teachers of the Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry to them. Kirova, in these years, such the main features of his character are formed as amazing performance, the desire to thoroughly understand one or another phenomenon, process, and discipline.

He is engaged in scientific work, acts with reports at scientific and practical conferences, publishes articles in scientific journals, and conducts teaching. The discipline, which he teaches students, is “the resistance of materials” “Sopromat” and is now in the student folklore: “Handered a sopromat - you can marry.” Zaitsev defended his thesis on the topic “Study of the temperature dependence of the shock-strength properties of synthetic threads” and became a candidate of technical sciences.

This study was highly appreciated by specialists in the field of physics and mechanics of polymers. At the same time, he conducted great public work - he continues to remain the secretary of the Komsomol organization of the institute, travels to the virgin lands in Kazakhstan, commands district student construction detachments in the Leningrad Region, heads the Leningrad zonal detachment in the Komi Republic.

A little later, he was elected secretary of the party committee of the institute. He oversaw the institutions of science, culture, education and medicine, was repeatedly elected as a deputy of the district council. Then he gets acquainted with the work of the public library, which is located in the Kuibyshevsky district - the Central District of Leningrad, is repeatedly present at party meetings of the library.

Zaitsev enters the Academy of Public Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU by the correspondence department, organizes a study on the topic “Social Problems of the training of scientific personnel”, published in scientific press, in Zaitsev in his cabin in the State Public Library named after Since September 1, Zaitsev’s arrival in the library was difficult. He was welcomed.

They expected and wanted to see the director of the library of a scientist, a recognized specialist in the field of humanities. It was a time of “perestroika” - the heyday of democracy and the rapid activity of the councils of labor collectives realizing the right to choose the administration. In Zaitsev, they saw, first of all, the “techie” and “party apparatchik”, far from knowledge and understanding of the library business.

By the time of his arrival, the library, like any other institution, had many problems. As he was, the director of L. Shilov in the city of September, it took a number of administrative measures to solve this problem and deploy construction work since October. In the same period, the overhaul of the first stage was completed in the largest branch of the library for Nab.

Fontanka, the village of Library Funds were scattered at 12 addresses in various areas of the city. These were basically basement or unheated premises of the embankment of the river. All of them were practically unsuitable for storing funds, and enormous efforts of employees were required to maintain acceptable conditions necessary for the preservation of publications.

The wear of technical communications often caused accidents in the old library buildings. The issue of technical re-equipment was acutely, the introduction of new automated technologies into the library processes of new automated technologies was immediately, they were outdated and demanded an urgent replacement of copying equipment and a transport park.Naturally, while still working in the district committee, Zaitsev knew all these problems and understood that it was necessary to start with their solution.

In his first public speech as a director at the party meeting of employees of the public library, he said that it was incorrect to connect the arrival of the new leader with the expectation of a quick solution to the library of problems. Zaitsev at the opening of one of the exhibitions in the hall of Baron Korf. From the very first days, he plunged into the study of a new library business for him, got acquainted with the leaders of departments and sectors, delved into the problems of the library’s everyday life, attended employees' jobs in order to more clearly imagine the technological cycle from receiving publications to the library to storing them in funds and serving readers.

Already in October, the state of the material and technical base of the library did not meet the level of requirements for the safety of funds and working with them, there were no areas for placing incoming literature, the buildings were overloaded with funds, most of the premises required repair, library-bibliographical and information processes needed automation.

The library state did not contain enough specialists in organizing and conducting work on major repairs and construction. Zaitsev understood that the further development of the library should be supported by legislative and regulatory acts of state authorities. In July, a special plan of events was approved, the city took over the functions of the customer for major repairs and construction; The housing administration was instructed to choose and transfer the premises with an area of ​​4-5 thousand Matvienko to the library subsequently deputy chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and the governor of St.

Petersburg. The laying of the capsule in the foundation of the new RND building. A capsule with an appeal to future generations was laid in the base of the new building. It symbolized the beginning of a new structure, where reading rooms and stocks should become the embodiment of the hopes of readers and librarians, a new stage in the development of a public library.

The construction of a new building on the Moscow pr. Zaitsev was known and respected in Leningrad. Soon he was elected as a deputy of the Leningrad City Council and the chairman of the Permanent Commission on the Culture of the Leningrad City Council. Here is what D. Work of V. Zaitsev wrote on this occasion as director of the public library and in the deputy commission on the culture of the Leningrad City Council indicates that he has the qualities necessary for this.

His desire to raise the prestige of the humanities, spiritual values ​​and morality in society helps to solve urgent problems of culture. He does a lot to restore and develop a public library - the National Library of Russia, other cultural institutions of Leningrad. To change the unfavorable situation in the field of culture that has created over decades, it is necessary to combine the efforts of all people.

Zaitsev in every possible way contributes to this as one of the founders of the Soviet Culture Fund.

I support the candidacy of V. Zaitsev, his sincere desire for the revival of culture and I hope that all people who are not indifferent to the fate of our great city are not indifferent to my opinion. ” The director understood that it was necessary to provide support for the development processes of the library at the state level. As a result of the large and complex organizational work of May 31, Saltykov-Shchedrin in Leningrad ”, which determined the development prospects of the construction and reconstruction of the library buildings for many years.

The library was assigned to the first category of research institutes for remuneration of wages. Thanks to such support, the library managed to get new premises for the organization of bookstores, to ensure financing the overhaul of the second stage of the building on the embankment of the river. Day of a young employee on the Council of Mentors of the GPB. Dundich, the village of Ordzhonikidze, the village of Dundich, the almost one and a half -millionth fund of the department of national literature was relocated, which in the same year began to serve readers.

However, this did not solve problems in general. The number of addresses at which the library funds were located increased to fifteen, which extremely complicated its work. The adverse storage conditions were associated with a constant need for a large volume of preventive disinfection and restoration work. So, in the city, for his salvation, it was necessary to spend huge labor and material resources.

In this situation, the completion of the overhaul of the second half of the building on the embankment of the river. He was able to finish in the city in January G. The library widely celebrated the summer from the date of opening for readers of the Imperial Public Library. A meeting of the All-Union Library Council and a scientific-practical conference was held, dedicated to the accounting and preservation of rare books in the country.

The events were attended by representatives of almost all the largest libraries of the Soviet Union. Zaitsev, A. Sobchak, A.Likhomanov in the office of the director, January 14 of the year, a deep political and economic crisis in the country of the early xg. Then, for the first time, currency allocations were ceased to stand out to acquire foreign literature. This was largely the result of the destruction of the previous system of supplying libraries and the absence of an effective mechanism of state control over the completeness of representing by publishers of a compulsory copy.

In addition, literature from the former Union republics - newly formed states almost completely ceased.