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Boksitogorsk Central Library, the
BOKSITOGORSK TOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY ( 5 Komsomolskaya Street, Boksitogorsk Town ). It was founded in 1952. In 1976 it was put in charge of centralized system incorporating the region libraries. Since 2006 it has been the central town library. Its... more
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Gatchina Central District Library named after A.S. Pushkin
GATCHINA CENTRAL DISTRICT LIBRARY named after A.S. Pushkin (Gatchina Town, 15a Zvereva Street). Founded in April 1944. Since 1985 it has been in charge of centralized library system including all libraries of the district; since 2006 it has had the... more
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Gatchina Central Town Library named after A.I. Kuprin
GATCHINA CENTRAL TOWN LIBRARY NAMED AFTER A.I. KUPRIN (Gatchnina Town, 17 Volodarsky Street). Since 1899 in Gatchina Town operated a public library at the Town Committee on Care for Public Sobriety. In 1919 it received the collection of Gatchina... more
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Gostilitsi Rural Library, the
THE GOSTILITSI VILLAGE LIBRARY (Gostilitsi Village). The present-day village library took over from free library for peasants and their children that was open in Gostilitsi Village in 1896 on the initiative and with financial support of T. B.... more
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Gukova, Lyubov Ivanovna, (1929-1998), a librarian
Lyubov Ivanovna GUKOVA (1929, Kirishi Town – 1998, Vyborg Town), librarian. She graduated from library college in Leningrad (1950), and then got a degree of Leningrad State Library Institute named after N. K. Krupskaya (1954). Since 1952 she worked... more
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Gurina, Agnessa Aleksandrovna, (1938-2005), a librarian
Agnessa Aleksandrovna GURINA (1938 – 2005), librarian. In 1962 she graduated from Leningrad State Library Institute named after N. K. Krupskaya. From 1965 to 1974 she was in charge of science-and-methodological department of the Leningrad Oblast... more
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Isakova, Anna Fyodorovna, (1923-2004), a librarian
Anna Fyodorovna ISAKOVA (1923 – 2004, Sanino Village, Lomonosov District), librarian. From 1958 through 2004 A. F. Isakova was permanently in charge of Babigonskaya village library (Nizino Village, Lomonosov District). In that period the library... more
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Ivangorod Central Library, the
THE IVANGOROD CENTRAL LIBRARY (Ivangorod Town, 24 Kingiseppskoye Shosse).It was founded in 1948. From 1977 to 1992 it was part of Kingisepp centralized library system, since 1992 it has had the status of autonomous library. Its general-purpose... more
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Kazutova, Lyubov Afanasyeva, (1899-1984), a librarian
Lyubov Afanasyevna KAZUTOVA (1899 – 1984), Communist Party worker, from 1947 to 1961 she was the director of the Leningrad Oblast Universal Science Library (LOUSL). Since 1919 she worked as a Communist Party and Soviet Government functionary in... more
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Kingisepp Town Library, the
THE KINGISEPP TOWN LIBRARY (Kingisepp Town, 30 Bolshaya Sovetskaya Street). It was founded in 1905 as zemstvo popular library, with active participation of count Georgy Nikolayevich Sivers and Pyotr Petrovich Zaltzer. In August 1941 the library... more
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Kirishi Town Library, the
THE KIRISHI TOWN LIBRARY (Kirishi Town, 31 Sovetskaya Street).It was founded in 1959 as village library, since 1966 the central district library, since 2006 – the town library. Its general-purpose fund contains over 65,000 storage units, with about... more
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Kirovsk Central Inter-Settlement Library, the
THE KIROVSK CENTRAL INTER-SETTLEMENT LIBRARY ( 1 Building 5 Naberezhnaya Street, Kirovsk Town). The history of the library goes back to the 1920s, when Nevdubstroy village library was founded. First it was located in a barrack, then in the village... more
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Kommunar Central Town Library, the
THE KOMMUNAR CENTRAL TOWN LIBRARY (4 Leningradskaya Street, Kommunar Town). It took over from the library organized at town’s oldest plant – Tsarskoslavyanskaya paper mill (later Kommunar paper mill), the earliest mentioning of the library dates... more
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Kuzyemkino Rural Library, the
THE KUZYEMKINO RURAL LIBRARY (Bolshoe Kuzyemkino Village). In 1897 a peasant community reading library at Narova volost government, in the village of Kuzyemkino, was opened . After the revolution of 1917 the village reading room functioned... more
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Leningrad Oblast Universal Research Library, the
THE LENINGRAD OBLAST UNIVERSAL SCIENCE LIBRARY (LOUSL) (19 Kirillovskaya Street, St Petersburg). The library was founded in 1944 with the aim to restore, after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the library network and book funds of the... more
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Libraries
LIBRARIES
The oldest libraries in the locations now component of the Leningrad oblast belonged to monasteries and churches. Under Peter I book collecting also become the occupation of individual, particularly top officials. For instance, private... more
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Lodeynoye Pole Central Town Library, the
THE LODEYNOYE POLE CENTRAL TOWN LIBRARY (14 Lenin Prospekt, Lodeynoye Pole Town). It took over from the reading library, which was opened in 1905 by Trust on Public Sobriety. Operating after the revolution of 1917 as a uyezd library, it was closed... more
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Lomonosov Central District Library named after N.A. Rubakin
LOMONOSOV CENTRAL DISTRICT LIBRARY named after N.A. Rubakin (14 Shveitsarskaya Street, Lomonosov Town). The library was opened in 1934. Its general-purpose fund numbers 84,000 items, with over 66,000 loans annually. The library has about 3,000... more
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Luga Central District Library, the
THE LUGA CENTRAL DISTRICT LIBRARY (13a Volodarsky Prospekt, Luga Town). The library was founded in 1918 on the base of public reading library (founded 1899). In the years of the Great Patriotic War the library was destroyed, then in 1944 it was... more
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Lyuban Town Library, the
THE LYUBAN TOWN LIBRARY (8 Moskovskoye Shosse, Lyuban Town). The library took over from public reading library, which was opened in 1903 by uyezd Committee of Trust on Public Sobrienty in cooperation with Zemstvo administration of Novgorod... more
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Mga Settlement Library, the
THE MGA SETTLEMENT LIBRARY (62 Komsomolsky Prospekt, Mga Urban Settlement).
The library took over from Mga Settlement Public Library (opened in 1913) and a library working at culture-and-educational association “Iskra” (founded in 1917). The... more
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Novaya Ladoga Town Library, the
THE NOVAYA LADOGA TOWN LIBRARY (38 Karl Marx Prospekt, Novaya Ladoga Town). Novaya Ladoga Public Library named after A. S. Pushkin, which opened in 1902 in the building of the town council, is considered as predecessor of this library. The catalog... more
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Pikalyovo Central Town Library, the
THE PIKALYOVO CENTRAL TOWN LIBRARY (25 Sovetskaya Street, Pikalyovo Town). The library was founded in 1953. In 1954, when Pikalyovo Settlement received the status of a town, it became a town library. Between 1977 and 1992 was a branch within... more
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Podporozhye Central Library, the
THE PODPOROZHYE CENTRAL LIBRARY (9 Lenin Prospekt, Podporozhye Town). The library was founded in 1944. In 1977 in the process of integration of the district libraries into a centralized library network it was given the status of central district... more
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Priozersk Central Library, the
THE PRIOZERSK CENTRAL LIBRARY (20 Kalinin Street, Priozersk Town). The library was founded in 1945. In 1975 in the process of integration of the district libraries in the centralized library network it was given the status of central district... more
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Retyun Rural Library, the
THE RETYUN RURAL LIBRARY (Retyun Village, Luga District). The first library in the Retyun Volost was opened in 1887. In the Soviet period it was located in Shiltsevo Village and worked as a reading room. In the years of the Great Patriotic War the... more
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Rozhdestveno Rural Library, the
THE ROZDESTVENO RURAL LIBRARY (7 Tereshchenko Street, Rozhdestveno Village). The library was founded in 1896 by Committee on Literacy at Liberal Economy Society, with the money of O. N. Rukavishnikova, the owner of the Vyra country estate and... more
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Safronova, Nina Mikhaylovna, (1923-1962), a librarian
Nina Mikhaylovna SAFRONOVA (1923, Luga Town – 2006, Gatchina Town), librarian. In 1955 she graduated from Leningrad State Library Institute named after N. K. Krupskaya. From 1954 to 1982 she was director of Gatchina Central Town Library named after... more
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Shlisselburg Town Library, the
THE SCHLUSSELBURG TOWN LIBRARY (1 Staroladozhsky Canal, Schlusselburg Town). The library took over from Schlusselburg Town public library, which was founded in 1900. Since 1977 it was part of Kirovsk centralized library network, since 1993 has... more
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Simiryagina, Vera Leontyevna, (1906-1962), a librarian
Vera Leontyevna SIMIRYAGINA (1906 – 1962, Rozhdestveno Village, Gatchina District), librarian, teacher training college graduate. From 1947 to 1962 she was in charge of Rozhdestveno Village library. In 1956 she was a delegate to All-Union... more
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Slantsi Central Town Library, the
THE SLANTSI CENTRAL TOWN LIBRARY (19 Lenin Street, Slantsi Town). The library was opened in 1944. In 1973 it was put in charge of the district library network. In 2006 it was reorganized in a town library. The library’s general-purpose fund numbers... more
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Sosnovo Settlement Library named after Yu. German
SOSNOVO SETTLEMENT LIBRARY named after Yu. German (10 Svyaz Street, Sosnovo Settlement) The library was opened on November 1944 and was first to open in Priozersk District in the post-war period. Since 1977 it had the status of a branch at Priozersk... more
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Sosnovy Bor Central Town Library, the
THE SOSNOVY BOR CENTRAL TOWN LIBRARY ( 46 Leningradskaya Street, Sosnovy Bor Town). The library was founded in 1967 as a settlement library. The first director was R. K. Shmyrina). In 1980 in the process of integrating of the town libraries into a... more
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Staraya Ladoga Rural Library, the
THE STARAYA LADOGA RURAL LIBRARY (1 Sovetstkaya Street, Staraya Ladoga Village).
The library took over from the reading room which was open in 1913 to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty at the request / solicitation of... more
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Svetogorsk Town Library, the
THE SVETOGORSK TOWN LIBRARY (31 Pobeda Street, Svetogorsk Town). The library was founded in 1945. Between 1985 and 1996 it was part of Vyborg centralized library network with the status of a branch. Since 1997 the library has been a structural... more
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The Vsevolozhsk Central Library named after Yu.G. Slepukhin
VSEVOLOZHSK TOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY named after Y. G. Slepukhin (Vsevolozhsk Town, 27 Vsevolozhsksky Prospekt). Opened in 1908, with V. I. Serdyuk, priest of the Church of the Holy Trinity, among its founders. After suffering the fire in 1909 was... more
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Tikhvin Central Town Library, the
THE TIKHVIN CENTRAL TOWN LIBRARY (6, 4th postal area and 11, 3rd postal area, Tikhvin Town). The library was founded in 1927. Since 1977 it was in charge of the district centralized library network, since 2006 it has been the central library of... more
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Tikhvin Town Library named after Ya.I. Berednikov
TIKHVIN TOWN LIBRARY named after Ya.I. Berednikov (50, 5th postal area, Tikhvin Town). The library was opened in 1954 and traces its history to the town public library, founded in 1890, which contained around 8,000 volumes from private collection of... more
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Tosno Central District Library, the
THE TOSNO CENTRAL DISTRICT LIBRARY (27 Lenina Prospekt, Tosno Town). Free public reading library, from which Tosno Town library took over, was opened in Tosno Village by the Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd Committee of Trust on Public Sobriety . After the ... more
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Vinnitsi Rural Library, the
VINNITSI VILLAGE LIBRARY (Vinnitsi Village, 64 Sovetskaya Street). The library was opened in the village before 1917 (the precise date of the foundation is unknown). Fom 1977 to 2005 the library was integrated into centralized library network as its... more
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Volkhov Central District Library, the
THE VOLKHOV CENTRAL DISTRICT LIBRARY (17 Yury Gagarin Street, Volkhov Town).
The supposed year of foundation is 1926 or 1927; the library was founded by Volkhov hydroelectric power station Construction Direction Culture-and-Educational Committee (in... more
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Volkhov Central Town Library, the
VOLKHOV TOWN CENTRAL CHILDREN’S LIBRARY (Volkhov Town, 28A Lomonosova Street). Opened in October 1944, in 1957 the library was awarded the “Best Library in the RSFSR” diploma. It was one of the first to introduce open access for readers.
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Volosovo Central Town Library, the
VOLOSOVO TOWN CENTRAL CHILDREN’S LIBRARY (Volosovo Town, No 57 Vingissara Prospekt). Founded in 1944. First book request made by N. T. Muru. Its general-purpose fund contains 55,000 storage units. The library has about 3,000 readers, with 7,000... more
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Vuritsa Settlement Library named after I.A. Yefremov
VYRITSA SETTLEMENT LIBRARY named after I.A. Yefremov (Vyritsa Urban Settlement, 35 Yefimov Street). Founded in 1944. Its general-purpose fund contains 25,000 storage units, with over 2500 members. The library organizes and hosts art and photo... more
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Vyborg Central District Library, the
THE VYBORG CENTRAL DISTRICT LIBRARY (Vyborg Town, 4 Pionerskaya Street). Founded in 1940. First the library functioned only as a methodological centre, then in 1945 it started to work with readers. In 1979 it merged in the inter-regional... more
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Vyborg Central Town Library named after A. Aalto
VYBORG TOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY named after A. A. Aalto (Vyborg Town, 4 Suvorov Street). The official opening day of the library is considered to be the year 1944, however, it has a long history. In 1806 there already existed a readers’ circle at... more
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