The Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine ( uk, Національна бібліотека України імені Ярослава Мудрого,
translit.: ''Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine'') is one of the
national libraries
A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, or significant wo ...
of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, one of the largest libraries of the country. It was opened in 1866 as the city's public library. The main building of the library is located on ''1,
Mykhaila Hrushevskoho Street'' on the
European Square in the center of
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
. It is the central library of Ukraine's public library system and is a research institute bibliography and library science.
[McDonald, J.D., & Levine-Clark, M. (Eds.). (2018). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (4th ed.). CRC Press. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/10.1081/E-ELIS4]
History
The library's building itself was built in 1911, by the architects Z. Kliave and A. Krivosheyev. The library itself was first founded in 1866. During the library's 140 years of existence, it has obtained over 4 million items in its collection (which started out as a private collection). During its existence, it has collated a large collection of early prints, and rare and valuable books.
During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, the library suffered serious damage and more than 50,000 publications were taken out from its stock. The library building was set on fire by retreating
Nazi
Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...
troops in November 1943, and during only one night of burning, the library lost more than 300,000 editions including 7,000 manuscripts, rare books and pre-revolutionary periodicals.
Since 1944, the library collection was rebuilt anew.
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External links
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Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine Web Site- information about the library
Legislative libraries
Libraries in Kyiv
Library buildings completed in 1911
Verkhovna Rada
1911 establishments in Ukraine
Pecherskyi District
Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)
National libraries in Ukraine
1866 establishments in the Russian Empire
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