Military Literature Collection

The main collection formed on the basis of the book collections of the library of the General Headquarters of the Russian Army (1811—1917), it consists of a series of topical collections on military management, regimental historiography, Russian military uniforms, etc. The collection stores some rare reference documents, among which are 'The memorial books', 'The list of generals by seniority' and 'List of captains of the Army Corps by seniority'. The timeless value has the specialized closed collection of the famous Moscow bibliophile Makarov.

The collection has thousands of works about the Great Patriotic War. The special place is occupied by the collection of the pocketbook literature of Soviet writers (produced specifically for the soldiers at the front line), annual sets of front-line newspapers, posters and leaflets.

Documents are usually represented in their traditional media.

Auxiliary collection, supplementing the main one, contains material on the history of warfare, military art, the most asked for reference books, newspapers, magazines and other resources necessary for the user of the reading room of the department.

Publications which are not included in the collection of the military literature, can be found in the collections of:

• manuscripts
• cartographic publications
• visual arts publications
• literature in Oriental languages
• music publications and audio records
• Digital library of the RSL (see «Dissertations ’’, «Universal collection»)
• newspapers
• dissertations
• Russian literature abroad
• public state and regulatory publications

• Catalogues of the department of the military literature
• Central catalogue system
• Digital catalogue of the RSL