The Russian State Library is the national library of Russia, located in Moscow. It is the largest in the country and one of the largest in the world. The library was founded on July 1, 1862, as Moscow's first free public library named The Library of the Moscow Public Museum and Rumiantsev Museum, or The Rumiantsev Library. In 1925 – 1991 it was called V.I.Lenin State Library of the USSR and in 1992 it was renamed to its present name. Between 1922 and 1991 at least one copy of every book published in the USSR was deposited with the library. The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow  listen? ( Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... Events January-March January 10 - End of term for John Gately Downey, 7th Governor of California. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow  listen? ( Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)  listen; tr. ...

At the present behind the scenes of the Russian State Library is over 275KM of shelves, number of items reach 42 million, including over 17 million books and serial volumes, 13 million journals, 350 thousands music scores and sound records, 150 thousands maps and others. There are items in 247 languages of the world, the foreign part being about 29 percent of the entire collection.

External link

• Official homepage (http://www.rsl.ru/eng/defengl.asp)