hidden 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

hidden 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