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.]] The Russian National Library in St Petersburg , known as the '''State Public Saltykov-Shchedrin Library''' in 1932-92, is the oldest Public Library in Russia . It shouldn't be confused with the Russian State Library , located in Moscow . It was established as the Imperial Public Library in and Treaty Of Riga {Link without Title} . The library's main building on the Nevsky Prospekt was built to a Neoclassical design by Yegor Sokolov in 1796 - 1801 . Several annexes were added in the course of the following century, notably the Gothic Hall (1857). For two decades after its foundation, the institution was run by Count Alexander Stroganov , who secured for the library some of its most invaluable treasures, namely the Ostromir Gospel , the earliest book written in Russian Language , and the Hypatian Codex of the Russian Primary Chronicle . The library was officially opened on January 2 , 1814 in the presence of Gavrila Derzhavin and Ivan Krylov . Its second director was Aleksey Olenin (1763-1843), during whose term in office Krylov, Konstantin Batyushkov , Nikolay Gnedich , Anton Delwig , Mikhail Zagoskin , Alexander Vostokov , and Father Ioakinf joined the library staff. Sergey Uvarov served as the deputy director. The library's doors were opened to all kinds of readers, including women and peasants. From 1849 to 1861 the library was run by Count Modest von Korff (1800-76), who had been Alexander Pushkin 's school-fellow at the Lyceum . He added to the library's collections the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament (the Codex Sinaiticus from the 340s) and the Old Testament (the so-called Leningrad Codex ). Korff was succeeded in office by Ivan Delyanov . In 1949 , the Neoclassical campus of the Catherine Institute on the Fontanka Embankment ( Giacomo Quarenghi , 1804-07) was assigned to the library. By 1970 , the Library contained more than 17,000,000 items. The modern building for the book depository was erected on the Moscow Prospect in the 1980s and 1990s. |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Bible_Historiale" class="copylinks">Bible Historiale (1350s) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Grands_Chroniques_de_France" class="copylinks">Grands Chroniques De France (1450s) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Maria_Stuart" class="copylinks">Maria Stuart (1490s) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Lancelot_du_Lac" class="copylinks">Lancelot Du Lac (ca 1500) |
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