Book fund department

Located on str Marks, 13, in the building of the museum administration.


Library Museum has a rich history. It was founded in 1782 in conjunction with the Museum of the Governor FN Klitschko, who called "city fathers" to donate funds for the construction of the first in Irkutsk knigohranitelnitsy. He also became the first donor and inspector libraries. The local merchants - N. Melnikov, F. Dudorovsky brothers Sibiryakov, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences A. Karamyshev, English traveler S. Beit and others handed over to the library works of Voltaire, textbooks in HUSH., Religious books. The second birth of the library received in 1851 in connection with the base in Irkutsk, the Siberian department of the Russian Geographical Society. The library received the status of science. The first gift was made governor of SORGO Yu.I. Shtubendorfom and Irkutsk merchants S. Popov, who gave the 3 600 books. But unfortunately, in 1879 in the large Irkutsk fire killed about 10 thousand volumes, although some books miraculously survived to the present day.

On the call to restore the library has responded to many people throughout Russia, and, above all, members of the East Siberian department of the Russian Geographic Society, which continued to recruit library until 1936 g . Patrons A. Sibiriakov, P. Sievers and others have made huge sums of money to purchase books. Thanks to a broad public relations VSORGO town to the library collections have been well-known book H1H in Irkutsk. Nikolai Romanov, M. Shestunova, A. Belogolovogo, A. Neustroeva etc.

Raspologalas library in the old building built in 1883 (formerly under the wing accommodation konservatora museum VSORGO) on str Marx 2 next to history. Since 2006 godapo str Marks, 13, in the building of the museum administration.

After the Revolution of 1917, the library was the only academic library of the city, the walls of which began its journey, many famous scientists - AP Okladnikov, M. Gerasimov , FA Kudriavtsev, P. Good, I. Kuznetsov, etc. Subsequently, remembering with gratitude the valuable information gleaned from the book source, they prepodnosili donated to the library of their works.

The Fund currently has approximately 90 thousand copies, which includes books, newspapers, magazines. The main profile library has been and remains sibirika. The library is kept up to 30% of the books with the autographs of famous scholars and travelers, the books XVIII to XX centuries. The foreign fund is now 3014 copies skomplektovan through the exchange VSORGO with scientific societies such as England, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, etc. Since 1917, the exchange took place at the expense "of cultural ties with foreign countries".

Library serves not only the museum's research staff, but readers of Irkutsk and other cities of our country. Library staff carry out systematic work to examine its foundations, reveal interesting collection - Library NM Yadrintseva in Irkutsk, "" Conversation with foreign correspondents, NM Yadrintseva "," Collection of Chinese books in the library, "" Missionary books and etc. The library arranged exhibition, organized meetings with interesting people, scholars, public figures. These meetings raised a lot of scientists who were born in Siberia. Interesting material is also known, and correspondence with Russian scientists.

Address: ul.K.Marksa, 13
Tel.: 22-19-33.