Personal Libraries
Collection Holder: Department of Storage of Main Collections
The document collections include over 200 private book holdings, a significant part of which are the personal libraries of figures from science, culture, education, distinguished bibliophiles and collectors of Russia. The personal libraries feature various types of documents, including book monuments (cultural heritage items), manuscripts, sheet music, artefacts of military history, publications bound in leather, brocade, saffian, velvet with exquisite gilt lettering, and examples of products from the best European printing and publishing houses.
Information on a significant portion of the documents from the collections is recorded in the Electronic Catalogue. As the collections are being described, information about the documents they contain is added to the Electronic Catalogue.