Collections
The National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg is among the greatest treasures in the country's cultural and historical heritage. One of the world's largest libraries, it posseses the most complete collection of publications in Russian. Special attention is traditionally paid to the acquisition of foreign works about Russia and publications in languages of the Russian Federation printed in different countries of the world. The Library also builds as comprehensively as possible the multi-language collection of literature on key branches of science and technology.Today the National Library of Russia houses more then 34.5 million items, of which 6.2 million items are in foreign languages.
Collections:
- Manuscripts:
- Newspapers of the 18th to 21th Centuries
- Printed Music
- Prints Department Collections:
- Plekhanov House Collection
- Rare Books Collections:
- Aldine Editions of the 15th - 16th Centuries
- Early West Publications of the 16th Century
- Elzevier Volumes of the 15th - 16th Centuries
- Incunabula
- French Material from the 1871 Paris Commune
- Publications in the Glagolitic Alphabet from the 15th - 19th Centuries
- Publications in the Civil Orthography from the Time of Peter the Great
- Slavonic Cyrillic Books of the 15th - 18th Centuries
- Voltaire's Library
- "Book Museum" Collection
- 1st Cadet Corps Library
- Asian Collection
- European Books of the 16th to 21th Centuries
- European Periodicals of the 17th to 21th Centuries
- Russion Books of the 18th to 21th Centuries
- Books with Autograph Inscriptions
- Broadsides from the Early Period of the Soviet State
- Broadsides of the White Movement (1917-1920)
- Founders of Marxism-Leninism Collection
- Free Russian Press
- Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War
- Pushkin Collection
- St. Petersburg - Leningrad
- Works of the Free Economic Society
- Zemstvo Publications
- Children's Books
- Miniature Books
- Slavonic Cyrillic Books Printed after 1800
- Russion Periodicals of the 18th to 21th Centuries
- Russian Maps and Atlases
Treasures from our Collections
There are several examples of unique, rare and most precious items held in the National Library of Russia.Online Resources:
The following resources are maintained only in Russian:
