Russian State Library
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Set in Moscow, this is a reading room of the national library of Russia. With a collection of 17.5 million books, the library is the largest in the country (fourth largest in the world). This was Moscow’s first free public library when it was founded in 1862. That first building was quickly outgrown and the current building was finished in 1941. According to Britannica, the Russian State Library is “[o]f a size and importance comparable to the Library of Congress.” The library receives and maintains copies of every publication in Russia.
