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Moscow Oblast

Russian State Library

The Russian State Library is one of the three national libraries of , located in . It is the largest library in the country, second largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Saturday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Sunday: closed
  • Email: nbros@rsl.ru
  • Type: Library
  • Description: national public library in Moscow, Russia
  • Also known as: “Lenin Library”, “Lenin State Library”, “Moscow library”, “rsl.ru”, “State Russian Library”, “The Library of the Moscow Public Museum and Rumiantsev Museum”, “The Rumiantsev Library”, “V. I. Lenin State Library of the USSR”, “Государственная библиотека СССР им. В. И. Ленина”, and “Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение «Российская государственная библиотека»”
  • Address: улица Воздвиженка 3/5, 119019

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lenin Library and Bolshoi Theatre.

Metro station
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Biblioteka Imeni Lenina is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The station was opened on 15 May 1935 as a part of the first stage of the Metro.

Theater building
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The is a historic opera house in , , originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg. is situated 1 km northeast of Russian State Library.

Metro station
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Aleksandrovsky Sad is a station of the Filyovskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It was designed by A. I. Gontskevich and S. Sulin and opened on 15 May 1935 along with the first stage of the metro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moscow and Outskirts.

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Since its founding in 1147, has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.

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The Moscow include areas from 's 3rd Ring to Moscow Ring Road.

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Moscow is in also part of Central Moscow. There are Arbat East, Khamovniki North, Presnensky East, Tverskoy South - historic districts, located in the West from Tverskaya Street on the left bank of the Moskva River to the Garden Ring.

Russian State Library

Latitude
55.75166° or 55° 45′ 6″ north
Longitude
37.60953° or 37° 36′ 34″ east
Elevation
140 metres (459 feet)
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Geo­Names ID
11257046
Wiki­data ID
Q1048694
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Russian State Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة دولة روسيا”
  • Arabic: “مكتبة لينين”
  • Armenian: “Ռուսաստանի պետական գրադարան”
  • Armenian: “Ռուսաստանի Պետական Գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca del Estáu Rusu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rusiya Dövlət Kitabxanası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vladimir İliç Lenin adına Rusiya Dövlət Kitabxanası”
  • Bashkir: “Рәсәй дәүләт китапханаһы”
  • Basque: “Errusiar Estatuko Liburutegia”
  • Belarusian: “Расейская дзяржаўная бібліятэка”
  • Belarusian: “Расійская дзяржаўная бібліятэка”
  • Bhojpuri: “रूस के राजकीय लाइब्रेरी”
  • Bulgarian: “Държавна библиотека на Русия”
  • Bulgarian: “Държавна библиотека на СССР В. И. Ленин”
  • Bulgarian: “Държавна библиотека на СССР”
  • Bulgarian: “Държавна библиотека”
  • Bulgarian: “Румянцевска библиотека”
  • Bulgarian: “Руска държавна библиотека”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Estatal de Rússia”
  • Chinese: “俄罗斯国立图书馆”
  • Chinese: “俄羅斯國立圖書館”
  • Chinese: “国家图书馆”
  • Croatian: “Ruska državna knjižnica”
  • Czech: “Ruská státní knihovna”
  • Danish: “Det russiske statsbibliotek”
  • Dutch: “Russische Staatsbibliotheek”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة دولة روسيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبه دوله روسيا”
  • Esperanto: “Rusia Ŝtata biblioteko”
  • Esperanto: “Rusia Ŝtata Biblioteko”
  • Estonian: “Venemaa Riiklik Raamatukogu”
  • Finnish: “Venäjän valtionkirjasto”
  • French: “Bibliotheque d’Etat de Russie”
  • French: “bibliothèque d’État de Russie”
  • French: “Bibliothèque d’État de Russie”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca do Estado Ruso”
  • Georgian: “რუსეთის სახელმწიფო ბიბლიოთეკა”
  • German: “Lenin-Bibliothek”
  • German: “Leninbibliothek”
  • German: “RSL”
  • German: “Russische Staatsbibliothek”
  • Greek: “Ρωσική Κρατική Βιβλιοθήκη”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הממלכתית הרוסית”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הממלכתית של רוסיה”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה ע’ש לנין”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה על שם לנין”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה של המוזיאון הציבורי של מוסקבה ושל מוזיאון רומנצב”
  • Hebrew: “לנינקה”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית המדינה הרוסית”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית המדינה של רוסיה”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית לנין”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית רומיאנצב”
  • Hungarian: “Lenin-könyvtár”
  • Hungarian: “Orosz Állami Könyvtár”
  • Hungarian: “Oroszországi Állami Könyvtár”
  • Iloko: “Biblioteka ti Estado ti Rusia”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Negeri Rusia”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di stato russa”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di Stato russa”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Lenin”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca russa di stato”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Statale Russa”
  • Japanese: “レーニン図書館”
  • Japanese: “ロシア国立図書館”
  • Korean: “러시아 국립도서관”
  • Korean: “로씨야국립도서관”
  • Latin: “Biblioteca Leniniana”
  • Latin: “Biblioteca Sovietica Leniniana”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Bublica Ruthenica”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Civica Russiae”
  • Macedonian: “РГБ”
  • Macedonian: “Руска државна библиотека”
  • Malay: “Perpustakaan Negeri Rusia”
  • Malayalam: “റഷ്യൻ സ്റ്റേറ്റ് ലൈബ്രറി”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det russiske statsbibliotek”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det russiske statsbiblioteket”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leninbiblioteket”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Russiske statsbibliotek”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det russiske statsbiblioteket”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leninbiblioteket”
  • Norwegian: “Det russiske statsbiblioteket”
  • Panjabi: “ਰੂਸੀ ਸਟੇਟ ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀ”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه ایالتی روسیه”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه دولتی روسیه”
  • Polish: “Rosyjska Biblioteka Państwowa”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca do Estado Russo”
  • Pushto: “د روسيې دولتي کتابتون”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca rusească de stat”
  • Russian: “Библиотека им. В. И. Ленина”
  • Russian: “Библиотека им. В.И. Ленина”
  • Russian: “Библиотека им. Ленина”
  • Russian: “Государственная библиотека им. В. И. Ленина”
  • Russian: “Государственная библиотека имени Ленина”
  • Russian: “Государственная библиотека СССР им. В.И. Ленина”
  • Russian: “Ленинка”
  • Russian: “Ленинская библиотека”
  • Russian: “РГБ”
  • Russian: “Российская государственная библиотека”
  • Serbian: “Ruska državna biblioteka”
  • Slovenian: “Ruska državna knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca del Estado de Rusia”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca del Estado Ruso”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Estatal de Rusia”
  • Swedish: “Ryska statsbiblioteket”
  • Tajik: “Китобхонаи давлатии Русия”
  • Tamil: “உருசிய மாநில நூலகம்”
  • Tamil: “ரஷ்ய மாநில நூலகம்”
  • Tatar: “Россия дәүләт китапханәсе”
  • Thai: “หอสมุดรัฐรัสเซีย”
  • Turkish: “Rusya Devlet Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека імені Леніна”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека СРСР імені Володимира Леніна в Москві”
  • Ukrainian: “Державна публічна бібліотека СРСР”
  • Ukrainian: “Ленінська бібліотека”
  • Ukrainian: “Російська державна бібліотека”
  • Urdu: “رشین اسٹیٹ لائبریری”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Nhà nước Nga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estadohanon nga Sulod-Barasahan han Rusya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pan-gobyernohan nga Sulod-Barasahan han Rusya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Russian State Library”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Gwladwriaeth Rwsia”
  • Wu Chinese: “俄罗斯国立图书馆”
  • Yue Chinese: “俄羅斯國立圖書館”
  • “रूस के राजकीय लाइब्रेरी”

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