National Library of Russia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Library_of_Russia

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:library
gptkbp:address	18 Sadovaya Street, Saint Petersburg, Russia
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Ministry_of_Culture_of_the_Russian_Federation
gptkbp:annualVisitors	over 1 million
gptkbp:architect	gptkb:Yegor_Sokolov
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Russian_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Russian_State_Library
gptkbp:branch	Moscow branch Vyborg branch
gptkbp:buildingCompleted	1814
gptkbp:buildingType	Neoclassical
gptkbp:collectionIncludes	manuscripts maps official documents rare books periodicals music scores incunabula
gptkbp:collectionSize	over 36 million items
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Vladimir_Gnezdilov
gptkbp:emblem	image of Minerva
gptkbp:established	1795
gptkbp:formerName	gptkb:Imperial_Public_Library
gptkbp:hasReadingRoom	gptkb:Oval_Hall over 20
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	National Library of Russia
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Russian multiple languages
gptkbp:legalDeposit	1810 true
gptkbp:legalStatus	federal institution
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Saint_Petersburg
gptkbp:notableCollection	gptkb:Hypatian_Codex gptkb:Laurentian_Codex gptkb:Ostromir_Gospels Birch bark manuscripts Codex Sinaiticus (partial)
gptkbp:notableDirector	gptkb:Vladimir_Gnezdilov gptkb:Vladimir_Stepanov gptkb:Yakov_Grot
gptkbp:notableEvent	digitization projects survived Siege of Leningrad
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:Gostiny_Dvor_metro_station
gptkbp:renovated	multiple, including 20th and 21st centuries
gptkbp:significance	one of the largest libraries in the world oldest public library in Russia
gptkbp:type	gptkb:public_library research
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	part of Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
gptkbp:website	https://www.nlr.ru/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Codex_Sinaiticus gptkb:Mikhail_Sholokhov
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5