Russian National Library Russian state library is the largest library in Europe and the second largest library in the world after the library of Congress of the United States. It was founded in the 1860s. Its predecessor was the State Library of the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federal Republic - sartikov Shedrin national public library. It became more famous after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in March 1992 and now belongs to the Russian Ministry of culture The library is mainly responsible for collecting, preserving and providing the society with comprehensive and reflecting human knowledge, and preserving all Russian printed materials, manuscripts and other documents, such as the proceedings of scientific conferences.
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