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Having opened in 1922, the "Foreign Literature All-Russian State Library named after MI Rudomino" takes the place of one of the largest public libraries in the country. First of all, it is an impressive collection of works on foreign fiction, art and linguistics, both in the original language and in translation into Russian. In addition, courses on the study of foreign languages ​​and advanced training of librarians are open here, seminars on art and literature, exhibitions, conferences are held, you can order the translation of publications into Russian and transfer them to electronic form. The subscription allows you to use the reading room or take the book home. Moreover, cooperation with well-known international public organizations, cultural centers and libraries such as UNESCO, the US Library of Congress and others, allows you to exchange experiences and participate in cultural and educational events of an international scale.

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Library of Foreign Literature named after Many Muscovites know Rudomino under the popular name “Inostranka”. The library holds more than 5 million copies of books, magazines, newspapers in most languages ​​of the world. In 2000, the specialists of Inostranka started to digitize the funds; to date, a colossal electronic catalog of foreign literature has been created with free access to a virtual storage of information.

In addition to book collections, the library contains halls for exhibitions, press conferences, and lectures. Foreign and domestic authors regularly present their new books within the walls of Inostranka.

Library named after Rudomino has incorporated all the best achievements of the Soviet library system, generously diluting them with the latest technologies. Today "Inostranka" is considered one of the most modern libraries in Moscow, attracting readers of all ages. The purpose of the cultural institution remains the study of the world's intellectual and artistic heritage.

The very appearance of a library of foreign literature in Moscow is legendary. Its history began with one cabinet in which the polyglot and translator Margarita Rudomino kept her books. It was Margarita Ivanovna who came up with the idea of ​​creating a repository of books in foreign languages ​​in the capital. To legalize the library, Rudomino created in 1921 the Neophilological Institute, which existed only on paper. The new educational institution was allocated a room in a dilapidated building near Arbat Street.

After a while, the institute announced its self-liquidation, and the library that existed under it became a separate cultural institution - the Neophilological Library.

The famous writer K. Chukovsky told how he came to the Rudomino library. It was a book-lined closet under the very roof of a five-story building, so cold that the bindings were covered with frost. And the keeper of the book's wealth was a thin, hungry girl with red, frostbitten hands.

In 1924 the institution received a new name - the Library of Foreign Literature. In the same year, the book collections were moved to the premises of the Historical Museum. For some time the library was located in rooms specially built for the Emperor Alexander III. It was clear that the library would not last long in the Historical Museum. Already at the end of 1924, Rudomino was ordered to transport the books to Stoleshnikov Lane, to the Church of St. Cosmas and Damian.

In 1943 a new move awaited the library - to Lopukhinsky lane. In 1948, the institution was given the all-Union status.

The wanderings of "Inostranka" in different buildings in Moscow ended in 1967: the library moved to a new building on Nikoloyamskaya Street. The architect D. Chechulin was the author of the project of a large Art Nouveau house with many halls and storage facilities.

Nowadays Library of Foreign Literature Rudomino is not only a public library institution for the humanitarian direction, but also a cultural center that is engaged in establishing and strengthening international relations, organizing exhibitions, festivals, classical music concerts and creative meetings.

At the very beginning, small groups for the study of foreign languages ​​appeared at GBIL. On the basis of these courses, the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages ​​named after V.I. Maurice Torez (renamed Moscow State Linguistic University in 1990).

In 1948, by order of the government, the library received the status of the All-Union and was reorganized into the All-Union State Library of Foreign Literature (VGBIL) - the central book depository of a universal profile.

Along with the humanitarian literature, the funds were formed from publications in the natural sciences: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, theoretical mechanics, astronomy.

In 1975, a new thematic plan was adopted, according to which the humanitarian sciences, fiction and art of foreign countries, and reference publications became the priority directions of the library's development.

Library building

Almost immediately, the library needed a new building instead of a small room on Razin Street. Margarita Ivanovna Rudomino in the book "My Library" writes about the new building of the VGBIL: “I have invested almost my whole life in this building. For almost 30 years (except for the military) since 1930, I have pushed through day after day, month after month, year after year, the possibility of building a special building for the library. "

In 1949, a plot of land was provided for construction on Ulyanovskaya Street, next to Astakhov Bridge. And only in November 1961 the first piles were driven under the new building. The project was made in the architectural studio of D.N. Chechulin. The building was equipped with the latest technology of that time and contained an eight-story book depository (16 tiers), 14 reading rooms and a conference hall for 400 people.

In the spring of 1965, the library moved to new premises. Margarita Ivanovna recalled: “I am afraid to sound sentimental, but I confess: when I saw long-suffering books on new shelves, they roamed so much, experienced both the basement dampness and the cold, and moving to different parts of the city, and, finally, put in a permanent place in this convenient storage, I could not resist and kissed them. All employees took part in moving and transporting books, although we practically did not close the library for readers for a single day. Literally on hand, along a chain, the four million fund was transferred from trucks to storage tiers. " The library staff already numbered about 700 people at that time.

The writer Kornei Ivanovich Chukovsky, who had a special interest in the fate of the library, wrote after the opening of the new building: “There was a closet, cold, dank, dark, all littered with book junk. The books were frozen through and through. She was guarded by this kind of emaciated, chilled girl with fingers swollen from the cold. And how could I not be glad that before my eyes this wretched little room turned into a fabulous multi-storey palace, and a thin, pale-faced girl into the stately mistress of these palace palaces - into our dear Margarita Ivanovna, who commands seven million books in one hundred and twenty languages! "

Library today

Since 1990, the library has been named after its founder - Margarita Ivanovna Rudomino. As of January 1, 2003, the library stocks totaled about 4.4 million copies, including books and periodicals, in more than 140 languages ​​of the world.

The foundation of the fund is a collection of world classical and modern literature in the original language, as well as foreign publications on literary studies and linguistics, including on the methodology of teaching languages, books on foreign art and art history, historical works and works on regional studies. The library funds include over 2.5 million periodicals; the VGBIL funds are steadily growing in the number of publications on electronic media.

Like 90 years ago, the library has language courses for adults. And for the youngest readers, the Children's Book Center is open, where you can visit circles for the study of foreign languages, history of literature, art and regional studies.

The library hosts various cultural events, seminars, exhibitions and conferences.