Russian State Library
Russian,State,Library
The,Russian,State,Library,Russian:,Российская,государственная,библиотека,is,the,national,library,of,Russia,,located,in,Moscow,It,is,the,largest,in,the,country,and,the,fourth,largest,in,the,world,for,its,collection,of,books,175,million2,It,was,named,the,V,I,Lenin,State,Library,of,the,USSR,from,1925,until,it,was,renamed,in,1992,as,the,Russian,State,Library
The,library,has,over,275km,of,shelves,with,more,than,43,million,items,1,including,over,17,million,books,and,serial,volumes,,13,million,journals,,350,thousand,music,scores,and,sound,records,,150,000,maps,and,others,There,are,items,in,247,languages,of,the,world,,the,foreign,part,representing,about,29,percent,of,the,entire,collection
Between,1922,and,1991,at,least,one,copy,of,every,book,published,in,the,USSR,was,deposited,with,the,library,,a,practice,which,continues,in,a,similar,method,today,,with,the,library,designated,by,law,as,a,place,to,hold,a,mandatory,copy,of,every,publication,issued,in,Russia
Contents
1,History
2,Footnotes
3,Further,reading
4,External,links
History
See,also:,Rumyantsev,Museum
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