Don State Public Library
{{Short description|Public library in Rostov-on-Don, Russia}}
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Don State Public Library ({{langx|ru|Донская государственная публичная библиотека}}) is the main public library of Rostov Oblast, and is situated in the city of Rostov-on-Don. It was established in 1886 and is the oldest library in Southern Russia. In the Soviet period it was known as the Karl Marx Rostov-on-Don State Scientific Library ({{langx|ru|Ростовская государственная научная библиотека имени К. Маркса}}). It is an important cultural center of the city, hosting numerous art festivals and exhibitions.{{cite web|url=http://mkro.donland.ru/dgpb.aspx|title=Донская государственная публичная библиотека|publisher=Министерство культуры Ростовской области|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215022019/http://mkro.donland.ru/dgpb.aspx|archive-date=2016-12-15|url-status=dead|accessdate=2017-02-04}}
History
Rostov-on-Don Public Library, the first major library in the city, was opened on 7 January 1886. The new library consisted of 3,000 books, purchased by the city administration from a private library for the sum of 5,000 rubles. Until 1894, the library was housed in various private houses on Bolshaya Sadovaya Street. From 1921 to 1994 the library was located in Velikanova House on {{ill|Serafimovich Street|ru|Улица Серафимовича (Ростов-на-Дону)}}.{{cite web|url=https://vy-afisha.ru/blog/post/77|title=История и легенды Ростова: Публичная библиотека. В поисках красоты.|publisher=Выходной|accessdate=2017-02-04|lang=|archive-date=2019-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223020438/https://vy-afisha.ru/blog/post/77|url-status=dead}}
In 1974, the construction of a new library building on Pushkinskaya Street began. It was designed by architect {{ill|Yan Zanis|ru|Занис, Ян Семёнович}} and engineer Boris Sidelkovsky. The construction was severely delayed over the next 20 years and was finished only in 1994. On 25 May 1994 the library moved into its new premises. Three months later, in September, the library invited Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn to visit and meet readers.{{cite web|url=http://dspl.ru/chronics/1367.html|title=Хроника 1994|publisher=Донская государственная публичная библиотека|accessdate=2017-02-04|archive-date=2018-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006001248/http://www.dspl.ru/chronics/1367.html|url-status=dead}}
In May 2010, Don State Public Library hosted a conference of Russian Wikipedians.{{Cite journal|date=2010-10-08|title=Википедия:Вики-конференция 2010|url=https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_2010&oldid=28385197|journal=Википедия|language=ru}}
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Category:1886 establishments in the Russian Empire
Category:Buildings and structures in Rostov-on-Don