Russian State Library. Rules for visiting the library

Hello everyone, everyone, everyone! Friends, guess what we did this morning?

Lesson plan:

Required documents

What do you need to register?

We took my passport and a couple of children's birth certificates with us. One is Sashino, she is 10 years old and she is in the fourth grade, and the other is Tyomino, he is 7 and he is just going to the first grade. The passport came in handy, but there is no certificate. Since the registration of readers under the age of 14 is made according to the document of the parent or other legal representative of the child. It is the responsibility of the adult to read the rules and ensure that the child follows them.

And from the age of 14, children can enroll in the library on their own using their own passport.

First Impressions

The children's library, which we came to, bears the name of the writer Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin, as was written at the entrance. Entered. The room was traditionally very quiet and not crowded.

At first, they were even a little confused, to the left of us there was a door with the inscription "Teenage Hall", on the right - "Computer Room", directly the door with the inscription "Childhood". Just like in a fairy tale, right? You will go to the left ... you will go to the right ... etc. It turns out that we had to go straight, which we learned from a very friendly librarian girl who hurried to help the newcomers.

From her, we learned that young readers are attached to one or another room. Children up to the fourth grade attend the "Childhood" hall, and from the fifth grade they are already transferred to the teenage one. So my Alexandra won't last long children's room hanging out left. The books in the halls are selected according to the age of the readers.

How we were recorded

We went to the librarian's desk and asked for my passport. Checked registration. This important point. The fact is that without a residence permit you can only use the services of reading rooms. And in this case, books are not issued at home.

Then I filled out two forms (one for each kinder). I indicated my name, the name of the child, the date of his birth, my place of work and position, contact numbers. On the basis of these forms, subscriptions were established for children. In the same forms, I agreed with the rules of the library.

And we were told about the rules in great detail.

Library Rules

Books are issued for a fixed period. For two weeks. So that the reader does not forget when the book needs to be handed in, the date is written down on a control sheet, which is attached to the crust of the book.

If suddenly in two weeks you do not have time to read the book, then you can extend the period. Extension options:

1. Come to the library.
2. Call the library.
3. Go to the library website and use the on-line renewal service.
4. Go to the VKontakte library group and renew the book there.

Very convenient I think.

If you detain the book without warning, you will have to pay a fine of 10 kopecks per day. As the librarian said: "The amount is not large, but still unpleasant." Here I completely agree with her.

If suddenly something happens to a library book, it gets lost, for example, it accidentally flies into space or a dog eats it for dinner, then you will need to compensate for the damage. Buy a book no older than 3 years and bring it. And it doesn’t matter that the book that you didn’t save was 10-20 years old. You still need to bring a new one.

If suddenly there is no book in the library that you really need, you can make a reservation. That is, inform the librarian about your desire, and as soon as the book appears, they will call you back within three days.

They also warned that you need to behave civilly and quietly so as not to disturb other visitors.

How do we choose books?

I let the children choose books. Moreover, for very young readers, such as Artem, there are special bookcases in the amount of two pieces. He dealt with them.

Sasha went the other way, to the shelves with books for older children. The choice is large. Eyes, to be honest, run up. And you can take to read not only books, but also numerous children's magazines. And we love magazines!

For 30-40 minutes, the children chose, chose, but still could not choose. But in the end, they made up their minds. Each took one book. Alexandra liked the book by A. Krumer "A Boring Book for Growth", and Artemka liked "Ilya Muromets and the Nightingale the Robber".

Before going to arrange books, we also decided to go to the reading room, which is called the “Hall of Comfortable Reading”. It was really comfortable and cozy there. There are chairs, tables. Take a book and sit down, read calmly. Some books can be borrowed from the reading room, but not all. For example, very expensive books worth more than 500 rubles are not given at home, they can only be read on the spot.

Well, then we went to draw up books. The girl wrote down their names in the subscriptions and put down the dates of return on the control sheets.

And that's it! We could be free!

Biblio events

It was also very nice to know that the library hosts numerous events. For example, every Thursday classes are held by the DoMiSolki art group. Children there sing and dance for themselves, in general, they have fun. By the way, the classes are free.

The first and fourth Sundays of the month hold meetings called "Reading a book - watching a movie." For example, have you watched a movie about Paddington Bear? It was still played in theaters. It turns out that it was based on the books by Michael Bond about this bear cub.

Also in the (now our) library, various master classes are held. For example, at the end of March there was a master class on the book by A. Vvedensky "Meow", it was called "The most feline master class." If we knew about it, we would definitely go. Because we love crafting. By the way, have you seen our and?

There are also meetings with writers, interactive game programs, "Knizhkin's Name Day" and such universal holidays as March 8 or Health Day are celebrated.

Great! There is something to do for both librarians and young readers. The main thing is to have a desire.

We do not regret that we went, that we signed up. And we advise you. The library is interesting!

It is also hard not to notice another huge plus of libraries. Books are expensive these days, as are magazines. And there take it, read it, and everything is free. Solid savings!

Boys and girls, as well as their parents, do you want to see funny stories? Found the release of the newsreel "Yeralash" about the library. Let's see?

Are your children enrolled in the library? Maybe we are the only ones who have been dragging this out for so long? We look forward to your comments and thank you in advance for them)

And not so long ago we visited the planet of robots, it is described in detail.

All the best!

Come visit again!

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-I got a pass to the scientific halls of the Lenin Library.
- For what?
- Imagine what a contingent! Academics, doctors, philosophers.
- So what? Will you watch them read?
- You understand a lot! There's still a smoker there."

Learned? "Moscow does not believe in tears", the time of action - 1958.

Modern girls, of course, are looking for promising suitors elsewhere. And in general, it has somehow become unfashionable to visit libraries ... But it’s still worth going to this Library - even if not for knowledge, then at least for a tour. I'm sure it will be interesting!

There is no need to explain to Muscovites "how to get to the library" - I think everyone knows these buildings on Mokhovaya and Vozdvizhenka, a stone's throw from the Kremlin. Getting inside is also not difficult - it is enough to be over 18 years old and have a passport with you. A small electronic queue, a few minutes to issue a library card - and all the treasures of Leninka are at your service ...

In fact, this cultural institution has long been not "Leninka" (State Library of the USSR named after V. I. Lenin), but the Russian State Library - since 1991. But for faithful and longtime readers (and even more so for old employees), it will still be Leninka. Probably, the same thing happened in the 20s and 30s of the last century, when the "old-mode" readers continued to call it the library of the Rumyantsev Museum...

Over the past 20 years, not only the name has changed. In our age of the Internet and e-books Libraries are generally not easy, but I want to believe that they will survive, albeit in a changed form. The old "paper" catalog has been replaced by an online catalog, more and more magazines, newspapers and books come to the Library in electronic form, computerized reading rooms appear. The old generation of readers do not like "those newfangled things" that destroy the spirit of the Library. Young people, on the contrary, think that the Library "lives in the past". And the "obsolete" librarians, in turn, complain that the "shredded" readers do not need serious literature... Everyone is right in his own way... It is difficult for the "Old Guard" to relearn, and the Library needs "fresh blood" so much! But who of the educated youth will be seduced by a very modest library salary?

"A house without books is like a body without a soul" (Cicero). There are not just a lot of books in this house - there are a lot of them. The collection of the RSL is more than 43 million "storage items" (as it is called in the library). It is not only books, magazines and newspapers, it is also geographic Maps, sheet music, sound recordings, manuscripts, postcards, photographs, engravings, posters ... This is the most a big library in Russia and Europe and second in the world after the US Library of Congress. However, many Russian librarians will not agree with the "second place" and will argue that "it's all about different systems counting" these very units of storage. In Russia, magazines and newspapers are considered annual sets, and in the USA - each individual issue. I'm not sure that our patriots are right, but the fact remains - the Leninka fund is huge! And it will grow every year, since any book published in our country must be presented in the Library.True, in the post-Soviet years, the legal deposit system regularly fails - many publishing houses do not consider it necessary to comply with the law and provide their books.The Library also stores a huge collection of foreign books (by the way, in 247 languages!).

Its real pride is its unique collections of manuscripts and old books. Manuscripts of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, autographs of Peter I, Suvorov, Lomonosov are stored here ... The list is endless. First printed Russian and unique European books from the 15th century (including about 5 thousand incunabula - books published before 1500). And more than 400 books from the Library's funds exist in the world in a single copy. And we keep them...

How do we start the tour? Let's go to the Book Museum. And take the children with us - they are provided special programs. On the tour you will be told about the history of the book, both printed and handwritten, will be shown unique copies of books from different centuries, examples of bindings and illustrations. There are even display cases with bookmarks and antique page cutters.

Unfortunately, the Museum is very small room, and he shows his treasures in turn. But let's hope for the best - the project of the new building of the Library provides for a real large museum ...

We enter the new building of the Library. It is a sad sign of the times that a huge advertising inscription on the building of the book depository is visible from everywhere. The building with columns and sculptures is not so new - its construction began in the 30s. And in the fall of the terrible 1941, when the enemy was approaching Moscow, the modest librarians transferred almost the entire book fund from the Pashkov house to the concrete storage building (they evacuated only the most valuable part of it). And they were on duty on the roof of the Library, dropping firebombs down. And the Library worked! In 1942, the Children's Reading Room was even opened.

Let's walk through the reading rooms (just don't make noise!), breathe in the smell of books and dust - so characteristic of all libraries ... Let's recall the words of Marietta Shaginyan, a faithful reader of "Leninka": " Best watch I spent my life under the green lampshade of her lamps, in the silence of her reading room…” And the lampshades of the table lamps are still green!

Let's go to the front marble staircase. On both sides of it is an old "paper" catalog intended for readers. It is still impossible to refuse it - the electronic version does not yet cover the entire array of books. Although, it seems to me that even then the librarians of the "old school" will not agree to get rid of him. And the point here is not in distrust of technology, but in the old library traditions. There is also a service catalog - the holy of holies, readers are not allowed there. According to old memory - in previous years, lazy readers pulled out cards from catalogs - so as not to rewrite information. And there is also a unique "Old catalog" - a real Museum exhibit- old catalog boxes with handwritten cards of the century before last ...

You will also not be allowed into the book depository. Not all employees are allowed there - you need to have a special stamp in the pass. Still would! Such values! It's a pity - from the upper tiers of storage (namely, tiers, not floors) a stunning view of the Kremlin opens up ... And thousands of shelves with millions of books make an impression ... But it’s impossible, it’s impossible!

But you can and should go to the amazing department of the Russian Diaspora. Thousands of foreign books about Russia are collected here, and the special pride of the department is the unique editions of Russian emigrants published in Paris, Berlin, New York, Prague, Harbin, Shanghai and even in Buenos Aires. And in the Department of Fine Arts, they are waiting for you and are ready to offer you not only books and albums on art, but also engravings, postcards, photographs, theater posters and posters.

Pashkov's house on an engraving from 1799

You can get into the old building of the Library (the famous Pashkov House) without going outside - both buildings are connected by a tunnel. True, employees do not like to use it. IN last years it was put in order, but the legends about the "dungeon dwellers" - from rats to ghosts - are not afraid of any reconstruction. By the way, Pashkov's house is also inhabited by the "classic library ghost" - the spirit of N. A. Rubakin - a bibliologist and writer, whose collection of 80,000 books is kept in "Leninka". But jokes aside! We will go along Mokhovaya (and we will see another library building on the way - former museum M. I. Kalinin, where the Center for Oriental Literature is located with its unique collections books of Asian and African countries) or along Starovagankovsky Lane, where, next to the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the main entrance to Pashkov's house is located.

Pashkov's house. Modern look

How many legends and stories are associated with this building! People settled on Vagankovsky Hill from time immemorial, long before the construction of the famous mansion here. Systematic archaeological excavations have never been carried out, so romantics believe that the hill can hide anything - up to the library of Ivan the Terrible. It is generally accepted that the author of the Pashkov House is V. I. Bazhenov, but from a historical point of view, this can also be considered a legend - there is no evidence that this famous architect built the mansion. The building had a turbulent history - frequent changes of owners and a fire in 1812 in the past, and today the house, which was not damaged in the bombing of the Great Patriotic War, almost collapsed during the construction of the Borovitskaya metro station and barely survived the devastation of the 1990s.

Count N. P. Rumyantsev

This is where the Library was born. On July 1, 1862 (almost 150 years ago!) Alexander II signed the "Regulations on the Moscow Public Museum and the Rumyantsev Museum". It was the first public museum in Moscow with a public library. Although the "Rumyantsev Museum" arose much earlier - back in 1828, when, according to the will of Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev - an educator, philanthropist and collector - his richest collection of paintings, books and various rarities was transferred to the treasury. In 1831, the Museum in St. Petersburg was opened to visitors - "for the benefit of the Fatherland and good education." And only thirty years later, in 1861, he was transferred to Moscow, thus laying the foundation for the Library.

N.F. Fedorov

What visitors have been in the Library over the years! Great writers, poets and scientists worked here, its funds replenished with gifts from famous patrons (including those from the Imperial family). And what kind of librarians served here ... Let us recall at least some - the translator and publisher E.F. Korsh, the lawyer and ethnographer V.A. Dashkov, the great Russian philosopher and close friend L. N. Tolstoy N. F. Fedorov (apparently, work in the library contributes philosophical thought, after all, Immanuel Kant was a librarian!). One of the directors was I. V. Tsvetaev, the future founder of the Museum fine arts. I was struck by the story last director Rumyantsev Museum - Prince Vasily Dmitrievich Golitsyn. He became director in 1910 and remained in office even after the revolution. Many did not understand Golitsyn - a representative of an old princely family found it possible to work for the Bolsheviks! But it was his choice - to preserve and save the great values ​​​​turned out to be the most important thing ... In 1921, Golitsyn was arrested, but unexpectedly released (they say that the Library staff was very worried about "their prince"), he even returned to his native walls - however, already not a director, but the head of the art department.

Now the restored Pashkov's house is again open to readers. True, not everyone is delighted with the restoration, some contemptuously call it "European-style renovation", but if you remember what happened in the building in the 90s, you can already rejoice. The story is told that in 1992, a huge jasper vase, a gift from Emperor Alexander II, mysteriously disappeared from an almost unguarded mansion. Then, fortunately, I found it. And now you can see a vase, and restored parquet, and stairs, and a former ballroom (now it is a prestigious concert and exhibition venue overlooking the Kremlin) and a reconstructed old reading room (only computers on the tables "do not fit").

In Pashkov's house there is a Department of Manuscripts, the treasures of which I have already mentioned, a Department of Cartography with its huge collection maps, atlases and unique globes, the Department of Music and Sound Recordings (special equipment was bought for listening to old records, and there is a piano in the hall!).

Fortunately, the idea of ​​opening a restaurant in the tower at the top did not materialize. Exploiting the "fashion for Bulgakov", the restaurant was going to be called "Woland". It was here that “at sunset high above the city, on the stone terrace of one of the most beautiful buildings in Moscow, a building built about a hundred and fifty years ago, there were two: Woland and Azazello. They were not visible from the street, as the balustrade covered from unnecessary eyes with plaster vases and plaster flowers. But they could see the city to the very edges "(M.A. Bulgakov" The Master and Margarita ") And now Bulgakov's manuscripts are stored in this building. And the manuscripts of Gogol, who, admiring the festive illumination in honor of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Nicholas I from the belvedere of the Pashkov house, compared Moscow with the eternal city are also collected here.

Here is such a connection of times ... Let me end the tour here. And come to the Library...

Svetlana Vetka , specially for Etoya.ru

Materials used:
House-legend overlooking the Kremlin. M., Pashkov house, 2007.
Vaskin A. A. Oh, if you could burn it all (published on the website www.exlibris.ng.ru)
The stories of the library staff.

The Russian State Library is the largest public library in one of the largest countries in the world. It will take 79 years just to scroll through the publications stored here for a minute, and this is without breaks for sleep, lunch and other needs. Since 1862, all publications published in Russian have been sent to the library. Despite the fact that since 1992 the official name of the institution has been the "Russian State Library", many still call it the Lenin Library. This name can still be seen on the facade of the building.

Photos of the library. Lenin

History of the library. Lenin

The library was founded in 1862, the funds were replenished both at the expense of the libraries of St. Petersburg, and through the efforts of Muscovites who donated valuable manuscripts and publications. Since 1921, the library has become a national book depository. Three years later, the institution was named after Lenin, by which it is widely known to this day.

The construction of the new library building, where it is located to this day, began in 1924. The authors of the project are Vladimir Gelfreikh and Vladimir Shchuko. This is a magnificent example of Stalinist Empire architecture. The building with its numerous columns remotely resembles ancient Roman temples; it is a very large-scale and beautiful building, a real palace. A number of buildings were completed much later, in 1958.

Monument to Dostoevsky near the library. Lenin

In 1997, a monument to Fyodor Dostoevsky was erected near the library, the sculpture was created by Alexander Rukavishnikov. The monument does not look majestic. The writer is depicted sitting, slightly hunched over, his face is sad and thoughtful.

How to enroll in the Lenin Library

Opening hours of the Lenin Library

From 9:00 to 20:00 from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 to 19:00 on Saturday, Sunday and the last Monday of the month - days off. The working hours of each of the reading rooms are published on the official website of the library.

Where is it located and how to get there

The main building of the library is located in the very heart of Moscow, next to. Directly in front of it is the metro station "Library named after Lenin", there are also stations "Aleksandrovsky Sad", "Borovitskaya" and "Arbatskaya" nearby. Also nearby is the bus stop and trolleybus "Alexander Garden".

Address: Moscow, st. Vozdvizhenka, 3/5. Website:

Moscow registration at the place of residence or place of stay is needed only if you want to take books home. In this case, you will be issued a library card.

 In some libraries, a Muscovite card or a social card of a resident of the Moscow region can be used as a library card. In this case, when registering at the library, such a card will need to be presented along with a passport.

If you do not have a Moscow registration or do not want to issue a library card, you can get a one-time pass. It will allow you to use all the services of the library, but you will not be able to take the book with you.

2. Can an adult enroll in a children's library?

Adults, youth and children differ only in the composition of the book and magazine fund. Anyone of any age can use the services of any library. That is, an adult, if necessary, has the right to enroll in a children's and youth library, and a child - in an adult.

3. What do you need to sign up for the library?

To enroll in the library, it is enough to present a passport or other identification document. Children under 14 can be enrolled in the library only in the presence of a legal representative (parent, guardian, custodian) and according to his documents.

 In addition, you will be required to complete and sign a library service agreement that includes an agreement to the library's terms of use.

4. What else can you do in the library?

In addition to lending books and magazines at home and using them in the reading room, libraries provide other free services. Among them may be:

• access to electronic publications from the library and the National Electronic Library;
• free Wi-Fi;
• computers with access to local and remote electronic resources;
• workplaces with sockets for connecting personal laptops (tablets) of readers;
• the ability to listen to sound recordings and view video recordings;
• access to electronic libraries of periodicals, reference and information systems on legislation and topical issues of law (“ConsultantPlus” and “Garant”), an electronic library of dissertations, electronic library systems;
• bibliographic services.

Also, in many libraries, for an additional fee, you can attend sections and master classes, use the services of restorers. Meetings with writers, excursions are held.

6. What to do if you have lost your library card?

If you have lost your library card, you must contact the library for a new one. You must have an identity document with you. The first duplicate is usually issued free of charge, subsequent ones will have to be paid for.

7. How to enroll in the Reading Rooms of the Central State Archive of Moscow?

In the State Archives of the City of Moscow, everyone can get acquainted with the originals of archival documents.

In the Central state archive The city of Moscow has the following reading rooms:

The hall serves users working with paper-based documents on the history of the city of Moscow. In a specially designated, separate working area in hall No. 1, especially valuable cases are issued that do not have copies of the use fund, cases that are in an embroidered state and cases with other features.

"> Hall No. 1 (Profsoyuznaya St., 80);

The hall serves users working with copies of the fund for the use of documents before 1917, documents of cultural funds after 1917.

"> Hall No. 2 (Profsoyuznaya st., 82, building 1);

The hall serves users working with documents of the city of Moscow.

"> Hall No. 3 (Mezhdunarodnaya St., 10, building 4):

People with limited mobility are served in hall number 2. They also have the right to work with print media (reference literature) users registered to work in the reading room.

To enroll in the reading rooms, you will need:

• passport or other duly proving identity document (temporary identity card, military ID, residence permit);
• or an official letter () of the sending organization;
• consent to the processing of personal data (signed on the spot);
• user profile (filled in on the spot);
• for users A user who has not reached the age of majority is allowed to work in the reading room with one of the parents or other legal representative who is responsible for maintaining order."> aged 14‒18 years- a letter from an educational institution.

User and Accompanying persons (including legal representatives, translators and other assistants, persons accompanying a user with disabilities) are allowed into the archive reading room on the basis of a completed questionnaire, in which, along with other personal data, it is necessary to indicate the type, series, number and the date of issue of the identity document, as well as the authority that issued it.

"> the accompanying person is issued a pass to work in the reading room, valid for a calendar year from the date of issue. If necessary, the pass can be extended.

Users working with scientific and technical documents are registered on the basis of:

• a personal statement or an official letter containing the information necessary to search for an archival document (a specific object of study, its building and postal address);
• a document confirming the user's authority to receive documented information on real estate objects owned by the federal government, property of the city of Moscow, municipal or private property, incl. on issues of land use and (or) urban planning on land plots belonging to federal property, property of the city of Moscow, municipal and private property (document of ownership or permission of the owner / owners, or the relevant authorized body executive power of the city of Moscow);
• a document confirming the user's right to carry out work with the study / use of information referred to federal laws to the category of restricted access, in case of contact based on such information.

The RSL also has an excellent canteen. Some come here just to drink tea in a warm comfortable environment. Tea costs 13 rubles, but boiling water is free, some "readers" use this. By the way, the smell in the dining room does not allow you to stay there for too long.

The ceilings are very low, once there was a case when a worker got a concussion, she was taken to the hospital.

One day highlights:



- receipt of new documents - 1.8 thousand copies.

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- registration of new users (including new users of EDL virtual reading rooms) - 330 people.
- attendance of reading rooms - 4.2 thousand people.
- number of hits to the websites of the RSL - 8.2 thousand,
- issuance of documents from the funds of the RSL - 35.3 thousand copies.
- receipt of new documents - 1.8 thousand copies.">!}

The hall of rare books - this is where you can touch the most ancient copies from the RSL fund. "Study the materials of the fund (and only a small part of it is exhibited in the museum - 300 books), turn the pages of unique book monuments, maybe only a reader of the RSL, who has good reason for this. The fund contains over 100 publications - absolute rarities, about 30 books - the only copies in the world. Here are some more examples of museum exhibits that you can work with in this reading room: "Don Quixote" by Cervantas (1616-1617), "Candide or Optimism" by Voltaire (1759), "Moabite Notebook" (1969), by the Tatar poet Musa Jalid, written by him in the fascist Maobit prison, "Arkhangelsk Gospel" (1092). Here are the first copies of the works of Pushkin and Shakespeare, books by the publishers Gutenberg, Fedorov, Badoni, Maurice. From the point of view of the history of Russian books will be interesting - Novikov, Suvorin, Marx, Sytin. Cyrillic books are widely represented."