Public libraries		Number of books and magazines, million copies	Average number of book and magazines per library, thsd copies
	number of libraries, thsd	number of readers, million person
Azerbaijan
2000	4.4	3.0	38.7	9.0
2001	4.2	2.9	36.9	9.0
2002	4.1	2.6	36.8	9.0
2003	4.1	2.5	36.5	9.0
2004	4.1	2.4	35.3	9.0
2005	4.0	2.4	36.6	9.1
2006	4.0	2.4	36.4	9.0
Belarus
2000	5.2	4.5	77.6	14.9
2001	5.2	4.5	77.1	14.9
2002	4.9	4.4	75.9	15.5
2003	4.7	4.3	74.2	15.6
2004	4.7	4.3	72.7	15.6
2005	4.6	4.2	71.8	15.7
2006	4.5	4.0	71.1	15.8
Armenia
2000	1.1	0.8	19.4	17.1
2001	1.1	0.7	19.7	17.4
2002	1.1	0.8	19.6	17.6
2003	1.1	0.6	18.8	17.3
2004	1.1	0.6	19.4	18.3
2005	1.1	0.7	19.3	18.4
2006	1.0	0.8	19.2	18.4
Georgia
2000	2.2	2.0	31.1	14.1
2001	2.2	2.3	30.8	14.2
2002	2.2	1.6	30.6	14.2
2003	2.1	1.4	29.6	13.9
2004	2.1	1.5	28.5	13.6
2005	...	...	...	...
2006	...	...	...	...
Kazakhstan
2000	3.1	3.4	67.8	22.1
2001	3.2	4.0	107.8	33.5
2002	3.3	3.8	114.9	34.7
2003	3.5	3.9	114.9	33.2
2004	3.5	4.0	115.4	33.0
2005	3.7	4.0	116.4	31.7
2006	3.8	4.2	117.9	30.6
Kyrgyzstan
2000	1.0	1.1	19.9	19.5
2001	1.0	1.0	19.8	19.4
2002	1.0	1.0	19.8	19.1
2003	1.0	1.0	19.8	19.0
2004	1.0	1.0	19.7	18.9
2005	1.0	1.1	19.4	18.7
2006	1.0	1.0	19.3	18.6
Moldova
2000	1.4	1.0	19.1	13.4
2001	1.4	1.3	18.4	13.4
2002	1.4	1.5	18.3	13.3
2003	1.4	1.6	17.9	13.0
2004	1.4	1.7	17.8	12.8
2005	...	...	...	...
2006	1.4	0.9	17.4	12.5
Russia
2000	51.2	59.6	1027.0	20.0
2001	51.2	59.4	1022.0	20.0
2002	51.0	59.2	1014.0	19.9
2003	50.6	58.9	1006.0	19.9
2004	49.9	58.2	988.0	19.8
2005	...	...	...	...
2006	48.3	57.8	957.6	19.8
Tajikistan
2000	1.4	0.8	13.5	9.4
2001	1.4	0.8	13.3	9.3
2002	1.4	0.8	13.4	9.3
2003	1.4	1.1	13.2	9.2
2004	1.4	0.8	13.1	9.2
2005	1.4	0.9	13.4	9.5
2006	1.4	0.8	12.9	9.1
Turkmenistan
2000	1.5	1.0	…	…
2001	1.5	1.0	…	…
2002	…	…	…	…
2003	…	…	…	…
2004	…	…	…	…
2005	…	…	…	…
2006	…	…	…	…
Uzbekistan
2000	6.5	5.9	…	…
2001	5.9	5.4	66.8	11.3
2002	…	…	…	…
2003	…	…	…	…
2004	…	…	…	…
2005	5.9	5.4	63.5	10.8
2006	…	…	…	…
Ukraina
2000	20.7	16.3	343.0	16.6
2001	20.4	16.0	339.0	16.6
2002	20.4	15.7	339.0	16.6
2003	20.3	15.9	336.0	16.6
2004	20.0	15.9	333.0	16.7
2005	19.8	15.9	311.8	15.7
2006	19.8	15.8	323.7	16.4

Number of attendees of museums, theatres by CIS countries

	Museums		Theatres
	number of museums	number of attendances of the museums, million person	number of theatres	number of attendances of the theatres, million person
Azerbaijan
2000	155	1.2	27	0.9
2001	156	1.1	27	0.8
2002	159	1.2	27	0.8
2003	159	1.1	27	0.7
2004	160	1.5	30	0.6
2005	163	1.5	30	0.5
2006	168	1.4	31	0.5
Belarus
2000	134	3.8	27	2.0
2001	134	3.9	27	1.9
2002	135	3.6	27	1.8
2003	136	3.6	28	1.8
2004	138	3.9	28	1.8
2005	139	4.0	28	1.8
2006	144	3.7	29	1.8
Armenia
2000	93	0.9	21	0.4
2001	99	0.9	20	0.2
2002	77	0.8	20	0.2
2003	85	0.8	21	0.3
2004	95	0.8	24	0.3
2005	109	1.0	25	0.4
2006	96	0.9	25	0.4
Georgia
2000	98	0,31)	32	0,41)
2001	105	0.3	40	0.4
2002	110	0.3	41	0.3
2003	112	0.4	40	0.3
2004	116	0.2	36	0.3
2005	...	...	...	...
2006	...	...	...	...
Kazakhstan
2000	88	1,91)	43	1,61)
2001	103	3.3	44	1.3
2002	121	4.0	47	1.6
2003	143	3.8	48	1.5
2004	172	3.5	48	1.7
2005	187	3.5	51	1.8
2006	185	4.2	53	1.8
Kyrgyzstan
2000	39	0.4	15	0.2
2001	40	0.7	15	0.2
2002	41	0.6	15	0.2
2003	44	0.7	15	0.2
2004	46	0.5	16	0.2
2005	58	0.4	17	0.2
2006	59	0.5	18	0.2
Moldova
2000	70	0.5	13	0.2
2001	71	0.5	14	0.2
2002	73	0.7	15	0.3
2003	76	0.7	15	0.3
2004	82	0.8	15	0.3
2005	...	...	...	...
2006	82	0.8	14	0.4
Russia
2000	2047	73.4	547	30.8
2001	2113	74.3	556	31.0
2002	2189	75.9	571	30.1
2003	2229	78.6	568	29.1
2004	2269	74.3	579	28.2
2005	...	...	...	...
2006	2368	79.2	590	28.6
Tajikistan
2000	28	0.3	15	0.3
2001	33	0.3	15	0.4
2002	38	0.4	15	0.6
2003	39	0.5	15	0.5
2004	40	0.6	15	0.3
2005	39	0.4	15	0.4
2006	40	0.2	15	0.3
Turkmenistan
2000	29	0.3	9	0.2
2001	29	0.3	9	0.2
2002	...	...	...	...
2003	...	...	...	...
2004	...	...	...	...
2005	...	...	...	...
2006	...	...	...	...
Uzbekistan
2000	87	3.5	40	2.7
2001	88	3.5	41	2.8
2002	...	...	...	...
2003	...	...	...	...
2004	...	...	...	...
2005	...	...	...	...
2006	99	4.1	41	2.5
Ukraina
2000	378	16.0	131	5.7
2001	386	17.1	129	5.9
2002	376	17.5	131	6.2
2003	394	17.6	135	6.1
2004	422	18.5	133	6.0
2005	437	18.9	135	6.2
2006	445	20.2	137	6.3

1) Figures of 1999 are indicated

Number of clubs by CIS countries

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Azerbaijan	3354	3091	3077	3066	3030	2763	2759
Belarus	4654	4636	4374	4234	4144	4093	4036
Armenia	…	…	…	…	...	...	...
Georgia	…	1267	1211	1181	1206	...	...
Kazakhstan	…	403	1891	2042	2259	2409	2600
Kyrgyzstan	655	651	651	651	662	682	691
Moldova	1245	1244	1246	1227	1221	...	1227
Russia	54836	54797	52147	53592	52900	...	49508
Tajikistan	1065	1061	1020	1045	1061	1030	1005
Turkmenistan	…	…	…	…	...	...	...
Uzbekistan	…	2809	…	…	…	2259	…
Ukraina	20408	20199	19896	10620	19384	19149	19011

Number of Public librariy readers by CIS countries (to the end of the year, per 1000 population)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Azerbaijan	369	363	322	305	285	286	281
Belarus	451	454	449	440	435	429	415
Armenia	207	229	243	200	199	202	262
Georgia	541	467	374	331	356	...	...
Kazakhstan	228	269	254	257	262	265	270
Kyrgyzstan	218	205	201	202	195	215	193
Moldova	288	367	403	440	487	...	242
Russia	411	412	411	409	406	...	407
Tajikistan	130	128	129	159	124	126	118
Turkmenistan	…	…	…	…	...	...	...
Uzbekistan	…	215	...	...	...	...	...
Ukraina	332	332	328	334	337	340	339

Number of theatres attendees by CIS countries (to the end of the year, per 1000 population)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Azerbaijan	117	105	103	88	74	66	58
Belarus	205	186	183	180	182	188	187
Armenia	94	73	55	85	106	123	113
Georgia	114	74	...	62	55	...	...
Kazakhstan	…	89	105	99	114	119	120
Kyrgyzstan	47	38	40	41	38	37	35
Moldova	60	62	82	81	94	...	106
Russia	212	215	210	202	196	...	201
Tajikistan	45	67	99	68	51	...	48
Turkmenistan	…	…	…	…	...	...	...
Uzbekistan	…	111	…	…	...	96	...
Ukraina	115	123	129	127	126	132	134

Number of museums attendees by CIS countries (to the end of the year, per 1000 population)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Azerbaijan	151	140	147	139	183	179	165
Belarus	381	392	367	369	392	407	376
Armenia	227	281	198	256	233	300	273
Georgia	85	65	...	96	53	...	...
Kazakhstan	…	121	267	253	234	233	276
Kyrgyzstan	85	132	111	142	94	78	91
Moldova	140	148	181	208	246	...	212
Russia	506	515	530	545	517	...	556
Tajikistan	46	50	66	82	95	54	34
Turkmenistan	…	…	…	…	...	...	...
Uzbekistan	…	138	…	…	...	155	...
Ukraina	324	355	366	370	391	401	433

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