Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine | |
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Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського | |
50°24′14″N 30°31′07″E / 50.40389°N 30.51861°E | |
Location | Holosiivskyi prospekt, 3, Kyiv (Ukraine), Ukraine |
Established | August 2, 1918 |
Collection | |
Size | 16,000,000 total Items[1] |
Other information | |
Director | Lyubov Dubrovina |
Employees | 900 [1] |
Website | www.nbuv.gov.ua |
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The library contains about 15 million items. The library has the most complete collection of Slavic writing, archives of outstanding world and Ukrainian scientists and cultural persons. The holdings include the collection of the presidents of Ukraine, archive copies of Ukrainian printed documents from 1917, and the archives of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
History
The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine was established on 2 August 1918 by Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi as the "National Library of the Ukrainian State" (Natsionalna biblioteka Ukrayinskoyi Derzhavy). On 23 August 1918 the Provisional Committee on creation of the National Library was established; it was headed by Vladimir Vernadsky (Volodymyr Vernadsky).
In August 1941 the library was evacuated to Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, where it was housed in the State pedagogical institute. In May 1944 the library returned to Kyiv.
The current building was constructed between 1975 and 1989. It has 27 floors and an area of 35,700 m2. Its roof reaches 76.7 m and its antenna 78.6 m above ground.[2] It was not until 1996 that the library received its National Library designation under its current name of Vernadsky National Library.[3]
Since 1918, the Vernadsky National Library has undergone numerous name changes. See below for the various names and corresponding timeframes:
- National Library of the Ukrainian State (Ukrainian: Національна бібліотека Української Держави, 1918);
- National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (Національна бібліотека України у місті Києві при Українській Академії Наук, 1919);
- National Library of Ukraine at the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in Kyiv (Всенародна (Національна) бібліотека України при Всеукраїнській Академії Наук у м. Києві, 1919–1920);
- National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv (Всенародна бібліотека України в Києві, 1920–1934);
- State Library of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (Державна бібліотека Всеукраїнської Академії Наук, 1934–1936);
- Library of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Бібліотека Академії Наук УРСР, 1936–1948);
- State Public Library of the Ukrainian SSR (Державна публічна бібліотека УРСР, 1948–1965);
- Central Scientific Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Центральна наукова бібліотека АН УРСР, 1965–1988);
- Central Scientific Library named after VI Vernadsky Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Центральна наукова бібліотека ім. В. І. Вернадського АН УРСР, 1988–1996);
- VI Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського, since 1996).[4]
Anti-Ukrainian Soviet repressions
A number of library directors were criticised in support of bourgeois nationalism or even executed as supporters of the "Petluravite fascist organization".
- 1923–1929 Stepan Posternak; on 18 October 1929 he was arrested as a terrorist being a member of "Youth Academy" (Ukrainian: «Молодої Академії»), "Society in liberation of Ukraine" (Ukrainian: «Спілки визволення України») and "Fraternity of Ukrainian Statehood" (Ukrainian: «Братства української державності»).
Holdings
The collection of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine contains more than 15 million items. Its basis form the large book collections of the 18th to 19th centuries.
As a
The holdings of the Vernadsky National Library include large collections of
The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine is the world's foremost repository of
Collections
The library owns works related to the history and culture of Ukraine and surrounding regions, including some of the oldest and rarest documents in the country, including the only handwritten music composition in existence by Artemiĭ Vedel.[8]
Orsha Gospel
The library holds the Orsha Gospel. The book, which dates back to the late 13th century, is one of the oldest
Aeneid
Collection highlights
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Orsha Gospel
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Peresopnytske Gospel (1556–1561)
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Petro Mohyla's Trebnik (1646)
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Original temporary housing in 1919 (St. Princess Olga Gymnasium)
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Temporary housing in 1919–1930 (Pavlo Galagan Gymnasium)
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Bashkir State Pedagogical University in Ufa housed library during Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
References
- ^ a b "The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- ^ "Vernadsky National Library, Kyiv". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- doi:10.1081/E-ELIS4
- ^ "ПАРАДИГМА ЗМІНИ НАЗВ ТА КЕРІВНИЦТВА БІБЛІОТЕКИ Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського". www.nbuv.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "United Nations Depository Libraries: Ukraine". un.org. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ Papyrus 7 is one of the oldest.
- ^ "Collection of Jewish Musical Folklore (1912-1947)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 2008-05-16. Archived from the original on 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ "Score of Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom and Other Compositions by Artemiĭ Vedelʹ". V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. World Digital Library. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
- ^ "The Lectionary (Orsha Gospel)". V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. World Digital Library. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
- ^ "The Aeneid". V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. World Digital Library. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
External links
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