EXHIBITION IN THE HISTORICAL LIBRARY OF MOSCOW:  HISTORY OF THE OUTPUT
OF THE BIBLE IN RUSSIA








MOSCOW, 13 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" correspondent Jelena Titarenko).  In
the national historical library in Moscow a exposure is over the
history of the output of the Bible in Russia from 16. to 20.  To see
century.  The exhibition " Russian Bible:  From the Ostroger Bible to
the end 20.  Century " reflects over the highlight in the history of
the introduction of the large book in the country.  The most important
outputs of the Bible, which were brought out within 520 years, are
issued.  They can report on the every now and then dramatic events.

The first unification of the holy Bible texts was ready to be printed
created and brought out in Russia in the altslawischen language 1581.
  This event, that in connection with the Erstdrucker Iwan Fjodorow
(it invented the first printing bank in 16.  Century) is, took place
in the city Ostrog, in which prince governed Konstantin at that time.
  Also the name " Ostroger Bible " is to be owed to its promotion,
which is a core exhibit.  In the same city the famous gospels were
printed, whose samples are also exposed.

The Ostroger Bible was considered on a long-term basis as canonical
output:  The Russian Orthodoxe church regarded it as the only
translation of the holy texts.  The new edition 17.  Century one due
to the necessity to make certain alterations and to eliminate above
all the distortions, which had accumulated themselves with the
rewriting of the book.  Nontheless the corrections were very carefully
made.  Globally they only 1751 were executed, when the Bible was
published of Elizabeth.

Still under the Russian emperor Peter I. (it governed in Russia end
17th - at the beginning 18.  Century) the translation of the Bible was
prepared into the Russian, since the altslawische text was already
with difficulty understandable.  The Russian Bible company accelerated
the output of the Bible in Russian language.