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.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • 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: “Biblioteca del Estado de Rusia”, “Biblioteca Estatal de Rusia”, “Biblioteca Lenin”, “Biblioteca Leniniana”, “Biblioteca russa di stato”, “Biblioteca Sovietica Leniniana”, “Biblioteca Statale Russa”, “Bibliotheque d’Etat de Russie”, “Lenin Library”, “Lenin State Library”, “Lenin-Bibliothek”, “Lenin-könyvtár”, “Leninbiblioteket”, “Leninbibliothek”, “Moscow library”, “Orosz Állami Könyvtár”, “RSL”, “rsl.ru”, “Russiske statsbibliotek”, “State Russian Library”, “The Library of the Moscow Public Museum and Rumiantsev Museum”, “The Rumiantsev Library”, “V. I. Lenin State Library of the USSR”, “Vladimir İliç Lenin adına Rusiya Dövlət Kitabxanası”, “Библиотека им. В. И. Ленина”, “Библиотека им. В.И. Ленина”, “Библиотека им. Ленина”, “Бібліотека імені Леніна”, “Бібліотека СРСР імені Володимира Леніна в Москві”, “Государственная библиотека им. В. И. Ленина”, “Государственная библиотека имени Ленина”, “Государственная библиотека СССР им. В. И. Ленина”, “Государственная библиотека СССР им. В.И. Ленина”, “Державна публічна бібліотека СРСР”, “Държавна библиотека”, “Държавна библиотека на Русия”, “Държавна библиотека на СССР”, “Държавна библиотека на СССР В. И. Ленин”, “Ленинка”, “Ленинская библиотека”, “Ленінська бібліотека”, “РГБ”, “Румянцевска библиотека”, “Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение «Российская государственная библиотека»”, “הספרייה הממלכתית הרוסית”, “הספרייה ע’ש לנין”, “הספרייה על שם לנין”, “הספרייה של המוזיאון הציבורי של מוסקבה ושל מוזיאון רומנצב”, “לנינקה”, “ספריית המדינה הרוסית”, “ספריית המדינה של רוסיה”, “ספריית לנין”, “ספריית רומיאנצב”, “مكتبة لينين”, and “レーニン図書館”
  • Address: улица Воздвиженка 3/5, 119019

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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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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Russian State Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة دولة روسيا”
  • Armenian: “Ռուսաստանի պետական գրադարան”
  • Armenian: “Ռուսաստանի Պետական Գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca del Estáu Rusu”
  • Azerbaijani: “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: “Руска държавна библиотека”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Estatal de Rússia”
  • Chinese: “俄罗斯国立图书馆”
  • 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: “bibliothèque d’État de Russie”
  • French: “Bibliothèque d’État de Russie”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca do Estado Ruso”
  • Georgian: “რუსეთის სახელმწიფო ბიბლიოთეკა”
  • German: “Russische Staatsbibliothek”
  • Greek: “Ρωσική Κρατική Βιβλιοθήκη”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הממלכתית של רוסיה”
  • Hungarian: “Oroszországi Állami Könyvtár”
  • Iloko: “Biblioteka ti Estado ti Rusia”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Negeri Rusia”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di stato russa”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di Stato russa”
  • Japanese: “ロシア国立図書館”
  • Korean: “러시아 국립도서관”
  • Korean: “로씨야국립도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Bublica Ruthenica”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Civica Russiae”
  • Macedonian: “Руска државна библиотека”
  • Malay: “Perpustakaan Negeri Rusia”
  • Malayalam: “റഷ്യൻ സ്റ്റേറ്റ് ലൈബ്രറി”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det russiske statsbiblioteket”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det russiske statsbiblioteket”
  • 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: “Российская государственная библиотека”
  • Serbian: “Ruska državna biblioteka”
  • Slovenian: “Ruska državna knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca del Estado Ruso”
  • 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: “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”
  • 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”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Римский дворик and Central Moscow.

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