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The article presents characteristics of calendars as a specific type of publishing as well as an outline of Lublin calendariography history. Particular attention was paid to history of two 'Lublin Calendars', the one published in years 1957–1985 and its precursor, the calendar from years 1869–1924. The formal and contents analysis of selected, fixed sections has shown the directions of popularizing certain attitudes, ideas and ideologies, mainly in the sixties of the 20th century. It was the calendar's creators' intention to make its successive annuals, gathered by the readers, an encyclopedia of knowledge on Lubelszczyzna. The second edition of 'Lublin Calendar' was addressed to intellectual elite, i. e. teachers, students and political-educational activists. So defined group of potential recipients had impact on the contents of the calendar.