Makhachkala, June 5, 2017. The president of the publishing group "Exmo-AST", the member of the board of the Russian Book Union Oleg Novikov, within the framework of the book festival "Red Square" presented the results of his study "The Cultural Map of Russia. Literature and reading. "

According to Novikov’s analysis, the republic of Dagestan is among the regions which face the severe lack of bookstores. The leaders on the quantity of bookstores are: Magadan Region, Sevastopol, Astrakhan Region, Khabarovsk Territory, where there are one bookstore for 6.8-12.3 thousand local residents. Apart from Dagestan, Yakutia, Kalmykia, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria and the Chelyabinsk are among the outsiders. In these regions, experts register one store for 105-230 thousand residents.