Opening Hours

Russian state library is open
Mon—Fri: 09:00—20:00
Sat: 09:00—19:00
Sun: closed
RSL is also closed on last Monday of the month.

Registration is open:
Mon—Fri: 9:00—19:00
Sat: 9:00—18:00
Address: Vozdvizhenka, 3/5, str. 2

Registration in Khimky department is open:
Mon—Sat: 9:00—17:30

Requests for items from the general stock:
Mon—Fri: 9:00—19:00 (same day service: 9:00—16:45)
Sat: 9:00—18:00 (same day service: 9:00—15:45)

Reading Rooms are open:

Reading Rooms of the Department of Library Services	Mon—Fri: 9:00—20:00 Sat: 9:00—19:00
Rooms for access to catalogues	Mon—Fri: 9:00—20:00 Sat: 9:00—19:00
Computer room for access to Digital Catalogue	Mon—Fri: 9:00—20:00 Sat: 9:00—19:00
Computer room for access to the digital library	Mon—Fri: 9:00—19:00 Sat: 9:00—18:00
Computer room for access to the Internet and digital stock	Mon—Fri 9:00—20:00 Sat 9:00—19:00
Reading Rooms of the Central Reference Library at the department of references and bibliography	Mon—Fri: 9:00—19:00 Sat: 9:00—18:00
Self-service computer room at the reference and bibliographic department	Mon—Sat: 10:00—18:00
Reading Room for the recent acquisitions of foreign and Russian editions and serials	Mon: 12:00—20:00 Tue—Fri: 09:00—20:00 Sat: 09:00—19:00
Reading room for the recent periodicals	Mon—Fri: 9:00—20:00 Sat: 9:00—19:00
Reading rooms for public state and regulatory publications	Mon—Fri: 10:00—19:00 Sat: 10:00—18:00
Reading room for the Russian Literature abroad	Mon—Fri: 10:00—18:00
Reading room for library science, bibliography and book studies	Mon—Fri: 10:00—19:00 Sat: 10:00—18:00
Reading rooms for the department of manuscripts	Mon—Sat: 10:00—18:00
Reading rooms for music publications and audio records	Mon—Sat: 10:00—18:00
Reading room for publications in visual arts	Mon—Sat: 10:00—18:00
Reading room for cartographic publications	Mon—Sat: 10:00—18:00
Reading room for rare books (Book Museum)	Mon—Fri: 10:00—18:00
Reading rooms of the Centre of Oriental Literature	Mon—Sat: 10:00—18:00
Reading rooms for the department of dissertations	Mon—Sat: 9:00—18:00
Reading room for newspaper department	Mon—Sat: 9:00—18:00
Reading room for the literature collection «FOU»	Mon—Fri: 10:00—18:00 Sat 10:00—17:00

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