Established | 1922 |
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Location | 109189, Russia, Moscow, Nikoloyamskaya ul., 1, tel. +7 (495) 915-36-21 |
Branches | literature in foreign languages |
Collection | |
Size | about 4.4 million copies in more than 140 languages. |
Other information | |
Director | Vadim Duda |
Website | http://www.libfl.ru/ |
All-Russian state library for foreign literature named after M. I. Rudomino, library for foreign literature, "Foreigner" is a Moscow library, specializing in literature in foreign languages.
It started with a collection of 100 books in German, French and English.
State library for foreign literature has existed since 1924; before — Neophilologica library, library Neuphilologische Institute. Since 1975, the profile of the library includes fiction, foreign literature on the Humanities, arts, foreign countries and reference publications.
The main library building is located in Moscow at the Yauza Bank, opposite the high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya embankment.
Unlike other Central Moscow scientific libraries, the library is written in readers from 16 years, for younger readers (from 5 to 16 years) a children's room.
Nicknamed "the Foreigner", the library has an extensive stock of humanities literature. Compared to Moscow's other main libraries, such as the Russian State Library and the State Public Historical Library of Russia, the library offers relative quick access to books from its depository, just 15–20 minutes.