Cultural Organizations for Children
Library – a cultural organization, fulfilling informational, cultural, and educational funct
ions, and serving as an organized fund of printed and manuscript documents, graphic, audio-visual materials, and electronic documents, that are provided to individuals and legal entities for temporary use.
Theatres – entertainment organizations (includes dramatic, musical-dramatic, musical, choreographic, puppet, pantomime, satire and humour, for children and youth, experimental), performing theatrical performances of literature and art.
Circus – a cultural organization, carrying out its activities in the field of circus and variety art, and which uses material resources and groups of circus performers.
Specialized educational and sports organizations – non-profit organizations, responsible for the preparation of substitute teams and/or high-class sportsmen.
The number of individuals involved in physical culture and health clubs, sections, and groups includes those practicing sports in sections and groups within the clubs and groups of physical culture and health.
The number of children studying in organizations of supplementary education includes children studying in supplementary education organizations of all types, excluding those engaged in the areas of adaptive physical culture and sports.
Personal Computers are considered stationary and portable computers and include laptops, netbooks, and tablet computers.
Cultural Organizations for Children
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Number of theatres,units | 51 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 65 | |
| Type: | ||||||||||
| theaters for young audiences | … | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Number of circuses(units) | … | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Number of libraries*,units | 3 558 | 3664 1) | 4137 1) | 4168 1) | 4118 1) | 4100 1) | 4054 1) | 3962 1) | 245 | 253 |
| Location: | ||||||||||
| in cities and urban-type localities | …. | 639 | 548 | 565 | 559 | 121 | 553 | 539 | 124 | 129 |
| In rural areas | …. | 3 025 | 3 589 | 3 603 | 3 559 | 122 | 3 501 | 3 423 | 121 | 124 |
| Library stock,million copies | 79,3 | 116,1 | 117,7 | 118,1 | 119 | 8,32 2) | 112,5 | 112,12) | 112,02) | 111,82) |
| Location: | ||||||||||
| in cities and urban-type localities | … | 89,4 | 86,7 | 87,4 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - |
| In rural areas | … | 26,7 | 31 | 30,7 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number of library users, million persons | 3,6 | 4 | 4,4 | 5 | 5 | 5,1 | 5,3 | 5,2 | 4,2 | 6,0 |
| number of children users, million persons | 0,9 | 1,4 | 1,4 | 1,5 | 1,5 | 1,5 | 1,5 | 1,6 | 1,0 | 1,4 |