Original Name
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Institution Type
Library

Country
Russia

Address
Ul. Sadovaia, 18, Sankt-Peterburg 191069

Telephone
+7 812 310 28 56

Email
office@nlr.ru

Website
http://www.nlr.ru

Description
The Russian National Library (the Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library) has always seen its main mission in compiling a comprehensive collection of the press published in Russia. In particular, the library collects, holds and provides public access to independents press that has been published in Russia since the mid-19th century.

Samizdat fonds is primarily located in the Newspaper Department and in the Department of Manuscripts. The fonds (mostly originating from Moscow and St.Petersburg/Leningrad, some from the former Baltic republics of the USSR) includes: a collection of informal periodicals, 1986-1990; books and periodicals legally published in 1986-1990 by various public organizations (acquired by the library directly from publishers, as "mandatory copies", i.e. copies that were donated directly by publishers, under the law governing mandatory donations).

ISRA Affiliation Level
member