Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre Library, Ljubljana

Contact

Knjižnica Ruskega znanstveno-kulturnega centra v Ljubljani

Ciril-Metodov trg 1, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.ruskicenter.si

info@ruskicenter.si

Phone386 (0) 1 434 5998

Rifat Pateev, Director

info@ruskicenter.si

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The Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) was established in Ljubljana in 2011. In January 2012 a specialised library was opened to support research and study activities.

The RCSC library offers a broad range of publications as well as digital resources on Russian culture and sciences. The reading room provides an access to the records of the Presidential Library of B. N. Yeltsin that houses more than 80 thousand units, offering research material on Russian history and statehood. The library book and media funds are continuously replenished with new editions, all open to public. The centre has also a room for screenings and virtual museum tours.

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The library offers a broad range of literature, today it comprises over 6,000 books, mostly in Russian, and some books in Slovenian language. It has a rich collection of Russian classics, books on Russian history and culture (painting, theater, music, architecture and film), social and political literature, Russian language textbooks or children literature.

A selection of Russian literary magazines are obtained by subscription, for example Новый мир, Знамя, Октябрь, Наше наследие (Our Heritage), or Наука и жизнь (Science and Life).

Visitors can make use of the media library with the best Russian documentary films, feature films, caroons, music and audiobooks. , educational programs, audio CDs with educational and reference software, documentaries and feature films, cartoons, music, audiobooks.

In addition to borrowing books or videos, members are invited to take part in various cultural events, regular film screenings, concerts, literary evenings, and other presentations.

Electronic reading hall

The reading room of the RCSC in Ljubljana provides four computer workstations with an access to the records of the Presidential Library of B. N. Yeltsin that houses more than 80 thousand units. The library funds comprise documents of various types: books, newspapers, archival documents, photos, video and audio materials covering primarily Russian history, theory and practice of the Russian state, and Russian language. Among them are rare books and archival documents on the history of Russian statehood and law, pre-revolutionary and Soviet periodicals, chronicles as well as statistical and ethnographic data. Electronic collections are organised also by thematic principle, the largest projects being Territory of Russia and the Memory of the Great Victory. Each collection has a brief description, a bibliographic record and detailed annotations.

See also

• Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana

External links

• Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana website
• The Russian Museum: the Virtual Branch Project website
• The Russian Museum: the Virtual Branch video presentation (in Russian)

Gallery

A library fund at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2015

A specialised library at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2015

A Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre Library supports access to the comprehensive collection of AV media. Žana Lapina Nabergoj, a librarian at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, 2015. Ljubljana.

A library at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana comprises over 6,000 books, mostly in Russian, 2015

A reading room at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2011