Military Library that has no Equal One (to the 200th anniversary of the General Staff Library)

Author: Panchenko A. Head, Research, Editorial and Publishing Department of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (Military Institute), Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel, Doctor of History, Associate Professor, Doctoral candidate of the State Public Scientific Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSNL SB RAS).

Abstract: Two hundred year ago at the General Staff and Main Headquarter of the Russian Army library was organized, which may be considered as the first military scientific library in Russia. The library represents an exclusive rich and significant collection of pre-revolutionary literature. The paper continues some journal publications on the history of the Russian military libraries.

Key words: General Staff and Main Headquarter of the Russian army Library, Aleksandr I, Count А.Arakcheev, P.Volkonsky, A.Latsinsky, librarian, catalogue, fire.

Summary in Russian

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