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2000), and partly publications o f Ancient Russia practically for more than mille­ nium period o f their issuing. The idea o f a historical research o f domestic statistics through a prism o f bibliographic study o f the publications, have remained. F r o m the first w o r k the principle o f construction o f the book and index o f sources o f data for 1918—1972 are saved. The index o f the present issue is tended in time and space as much as possible. The number o f the involved and considered statistical sources has increased in 4.5 times. The present issue represents an attempt o f drawing up peculiar annals o f statis­ tics. Its authors (being not only the witnessesm but also participants of realization o f many o f "statistical measures" on steep bends o f development of the theory and practice o f domestic statistics), managed illuminate a number o f moments, more detailed which hadn't found their reflection in the earlier issued publications, but also, having had access practically to all o f statistical archives, existing in country, to take advantage o f the not lost materials, to enter these materials into turn-over and by that to present more completely the index o f sources o f data. I n 1975 the work "The Statistical Publications in the USSR" was positively met by the public. I n 1976 four positive reviews were published on the given book i n the following journals: "Planned Economy" ( N o 5, p.p. 157-158), "The Bulletin o f Sta­ tistics" ( № 6, p.p. 76-79) and "Economy o f Soviet Ukraine" ( № 7, p.p. 90-92). The issue o f this book is marked in bibliographic sections o f "The Scientific Notes on Statistics o f Academy o f Science o f the USSR" ( M . : "Science" Publish­ ing House 1976, 1981 etc.). The issue is recommended to the readers by the abstract directories, for example by "The Abstract Collection" o f Institute o f Scientific Information on Public Sciences AS o f the USSR ( M . , 1976) and abstract-biblio­ graphic directory "History o f Statistics in the USSR" o f Informational-publishing center o f Research Institute o f Statistics o f Goskomstat o f the USSR ( M . , 1988). Practically in all high school textbooks the book is recommended as a source additional literature not only on statistics, but also on archival business, sourceslearning and other disciplines. The high evaluation o f the first issue o f the book was given on meeting o f Statistical section o f the House o f the scientists o f the AS o f the USSR. The authors have received the grateful letters for issuing the book "The Statistical Publications in the USSR" w i t h its favorable evaluation from a number o f pro­ fessors—managers o f faculties o f statistics o f K i e v , Odessa, R o s t o v - o n - D o n , Moscow and number o f foreign universities. The positive evaluation o f the first edition o f the book promoted making the decision about its republishing. Aca­ demician N . P. Fedorenko strongly recommended not to put aside this business in a long box. 1 2 "Sources-study of History of the USSR". The textbook for high school on history— Publishing house "High School", M . 1978; "The Bibliography of Socio-political Literature". The textbook for library faculties of institutes of culture, pedagogic institutes and universities— Publishing house "Book", M : 1976 etc. Here is one short quotation from such references of professor I.G. Maley. Saying "... about utility of the book" he, as a researcher of Lenin's statistical legacy, notes: " 1 was interested in the list of white-color in Moscow in 1922. It is mentioned by Lenin (V. 45, p. 441). Lenin was interested in this list being already seriously ill (see V. 45, p. 485). There is an exact bibliographic reference about this list in the book at p. 93". 2 1 38