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Russian State Library
Российская государственная библиотека

Russia


Address: 3/5, Vozdvizhenka Street
Moscow,
119019
Russia

Phone: +7095202-5790

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Library details: Russian State Library is a National library.
This library is affiliated with Russia. The collection of the library contains 42,000,000 volumes.

Other Info: Founded in Moscow in 1862, the RSL (formerly known as the Lenin Library) is the largest library in Europe and the second largest in the world, with holdings of over 42 million items. The library is unique in its comprehensiveness and the universality of its collections, which include many priceless books, maps, and manuscripts that date back to the 11th century. The RSL has its origins in the monumental Rumiantsev Library, which counted Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Gogol, Mendeleyev, and Lenin among its regular patrons.

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Collection size42,000,000volumes
Technology Profile
Product NameYear Contracted
Current Automation SystemALEPH 500
This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system.
Identifiers
libraries.org ID3406

Record History: This listing was created on Dec 31, 1998 and was last modified on Dec 17, 2021.

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