The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . the Narodny Dom (Peoples Palace) makesits appearance for the first time at the Nijni-NovgorodExhibition in 1896. The JMinistry of Education haderected there a buikUng with halls for lectures, a stage forperformances, a library and reading room, tea roomand various other features. After that Peojiles Palaceswere built by the Government Institutions for publicsobriety, by the societies for spreading primary education,and vaiious other institutions. Palaces were l)uilt iumany towns, but the Ligovsky ieoples Palace in P
The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . the Narodny Dom (Peoples Palace) makesits appearance for the first time at the Nijni-NovgorodExhibition in 1896. The JMinistry of Education haderected there a buikUng with halls for lectures, a stage forperformances, a library and reading room, tea roomand various other features. After that Peojiles Palaceswere built by the Government Institutions for publicsobriety, by the societies for spreading primary education,and vaiious other institutions. Palaces were l)uilt iumany towns, but the Ligovsky ieoples Palace in Petrogriwi, 132 CO-OPERATIOX IN RUSSIA. and the Kliarkov Peoples Palace, may be consideredpeifect model^i. These Pco])les Palaces are centres atiording the |)(oplerational amusement and education. All the Pco])les Palaces have sprung u]) in town, andare usually the result of eiitorts made In various institutionsand private persons for the lienetit of the people. Jheyare highly useful educational institutions frequentedby the ])eo])le for purposes of education and A Peoples Palace in a Village of Kharkov Province. They are to a certain extent charitable institutions, becausethey are erected and maintained by voluntary are thus palaces for the people, but they are notthe peoples Palaces. The people come to the palacesas visitors and onlookers only. Recentl} a new type of Peoples Palaces is makingits appearance in Russia, not in the towns but in the CO-OPERATION IN RUSSIA. 133 villages. These institutions are Peoples Palaces in everysense of the ^\orcl They are buili and maintained bythe people themselves, through the co-operative societies,or with their assistance. In a good many cases a certainpait of the building I^elonging to the local co-operativesociety is fixed up and used as a Peoples Palace. Inother cases special buildings are erected for that is to be regretted that the erection of Peojiles Palacesis not done systematically, but le
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