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| | LibWeb - Participants - The Russian Academy of Sciences Library (BAN) |
 | | The Russian Academy of Sciences Library (to 1992 - the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in 1917-1925 - the Russian Academy of Sciences Library, in 1725-1917 - the Library of the Imperial Academy of Sciences) was founded by Peter I in 1714 as the first state-owned public library of Russia. |
 | | Now it is one of the largest libraries in the world, the main library of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) with a repute of a research institute in library science, bibliography, library automation, bibliology, scholarly description of ancient manuscripts, preservation and restoration of documents, safety of libraries and archives. |
 | | Among the Russian manuscripts there are parchment fragments of the 11th century, annals of the 15th century: the Ipatiev and Radziwill Chronicles, the Litsevoi Chronicle Collection of the 16th century, manuscripts of the 17th and 18th centuries and hand-written maps of the 18th century. |
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