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ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: G-1

Last update of repository: 15 February 2021

Rossiiskaia gosudarstvennaia biblioteka (RGB)


Access & Facilities

Access
A passport is required to obtain a reader's ticket to the library, which also entitles researchers to work in the Division of Rare Books (Museum of the Book) and most other divisions of the library. For access to materials in the Division of Manuscripts and the Archive, an official letter stating the subject and purpose of research should be addressed to the division head or to the RGB director, who will in turn provide the appropriate endorsement.

Working conditions
See more additional information about working conditions in reading rooms on website: http://www.rsl.ru/ru/root3444/root344.... For other services available in RGB see website: http://www.rsl.ru/ru/s4/s47023/.
        For more details see also British guide: Russian & Ukrainian Archives Guide available electronically: https://research.reading.ac.uk/archiv....

Reference facilities
The Library catalogues see on the website: http://www.rsl.ru/ru/s97/ (Rus) and http://www.rsl.ru/en/s3/ (Eng).

Library facilities
See the RGB website (http://www.rsl.ru/) for additional information. See also PKG Handbook (1989), Chapter 7 for information about other bibliographies and collections in RGB.


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