Russian State Children's Library
{{Short description|Library in Moscow, Russia}}
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{{Infobox library
| image = Российская государственная детская библиотека.JPG
| website = https://rgdb.ru/
| name = Russian State Children's Library
| native_name = Российская государственная детская библиотека
| native_name_lang = ru
| country = Russia
| coordinates = {{coord|55|43|43|N|37|36|46|E|display=inline,title}}
| type = Children's Library
| established = 1969
| location = Moscow
| director = {{Ill|Mariya Vedenyapina|ru|Веденяпина, Мария Александровна}}
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The Russian State Children's Library, also called the RGDB, is the world's largest Children's library,{{Cite journal |last1=Burykina |first1=Marina |last2=Lebedeva |first2=Angela |last3=Beznosov |first3=Denis |date=October 2016 |title=Russian National Electronic Children's Library |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19322909.2016.1201448 |journal=Journal of Web Librarianship |language=en |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=375–381 |doi=10.1080/19322909.2016.1201448 |s2cid=64341956 |issn=1932-2909|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |last=Bauress |first=Henry |title=Kildare photographers exhibit in Moscow |url=https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/news/308307/kildare-photographers-exhibit-in-moscow.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=www.leinsterleader.ie |language=en}} located in the Russian capital of Moscow. The library receives 45,000 visitors a year and 1.2 million online visitors annually.{{Cite web |title=Kalimat helps Russia's Arab kids with books |url=https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2019/09/09/kalimat-helps-russias-arab-kids-with-books |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=www.gulftoday.ae}} As of 2019, the Russian State Children's Library has over 560,000 books in its collection, in addition to other materials.
History
The building was established in December 1969, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Васильевна |first=Залужская Марина |title=Russian State Children's Library 50 |url=https://english.gpntb.ru/biblioteki-i-mir/5759-russian-state-children-s-library-50.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=english.gpntb.ru |language=en-gb}} Vladimir Putin congratulated the library's anniversary.{{Cite web |title=Greetings on 50th anniversary of Russian State Children's Library |url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/62524/print |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=President of Russia |language=en}}
The Library runs a cultural exchange project called Hello, Neighbour! that seeks to introduce Russians to other cultures.{{Cite web |last=Azernews.Az |date=30 September 2020 |title=Take a journey to the world of fairy tales! |url=https://www.azernews.az/culture/169509.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Azernews.Az |language=en}} In 2019, the Emirati Kalimat Foundation for Children's Empowerment donated large numbers of Arabic children's books to the library as part of a cultural exchange program with Arabs, and in 2020, the library hosted an online "Fabulous Azerbaijan" initiative about Azerbaijani culture and traditions. The RGDB held a "Draw Egypt" contest in October 2020 in which Russian children submitted drawings of what they thought Egypt must be like.{{Cite web |date=20 October 2020 |title="Draw Egypt", an art competition through the eyes of Russian children |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/93330/“Draw-Egypt”-an-art-competition-through-the-eyes-of-Russian |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=EgyptToday}}
Russian President Vladimir Putin and First Lady of the United States Laura Bush visited the library together in 2002.{{Cite web |title=Highlights of Mrs. Bush's Library Tours and Visits |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/firstlady/initiatives/highlights.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}
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Category:1969 establishments in Russia
Category:Libraries established in 1969
Category:Russian children's literature
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