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ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: G-1Last update of repository: 15 February 2021Rossiiskaia gosudarstvennaia biblioteka (RGB)Otdel kartograficheskikh izdanii [Division of Cartographical Publications] Address: ul. Vozdvizhenka, 3/5, “Dom Pashkova” (Pashkov House) Telephone: +7 495 695-61-09, +7 495 622-83-55 Reading room: +7 499 557-04-70 add 25-65 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]Website: https://www.rsl.ru/ru/about/funds/karty Opening hours: RdngRm: M–Sa 9:00–20:00Head: Liudmila Nikolaevna Zinchuk (tel. +7 495 695-61-09) Curator of Fond: Elena Vladimirovna Stepanova (tel. +7 495 622-83-55) Holdings Total: ca. 170,000 units; 16th c.–to present Division holds maps, atlases, plans, stereomaps, globes, and also text, graphic and illustrative supplements of catrographical publications from the eighteenth century to present (foreign cartographical publications from seventeenth century). History: The Rumiantsev’s collection included ca. 500 maps and atlases in 1862. The cartographic collection increased an obligatory maps copy and donations of Great Russian cartographers. The cartographical materials hold in different thematical collections and in the middle of books. Only after World War II the cartographical fond became an independent sector. In 1960 the Division of Cartographical Publications was established on the basis of sector. Working conditions: The Division has reading room for 15 researchers (webpage: https://www.rsl.ru/ru/4readers/rooms/kgr). |