Vologda was first mentioned in chronicles in 1147.Settlement, located 450 km from Moscow, is not only the largest city in the northwest of Russia, but also one of the most important transport hubs in the area.In addition, it is the administrative and scientific center of the region.The importance of it as a cultural center and the city, which has a special historical and architectural heritage, said the fact that the monument in Vologda 224 of them are under state protection 128.
Education Reading Room
clear indication of the level of culture of the city is Vologda OblastLibrary.Grandma, has its own interesting history.Open officially in 1919 under the name of Vologda Soviet public library, she initially was filled with volumes that have more advanced age.Nationalized private library manors, books of two monasteries (Holy-Sumorin in Totma and Velikoustyuzhsk Archangel Michael), local and nearby seminaries, schools, gendarmerie, parishes - all these treasures received a legacy to future Vologda Regional Library.Grandma.Work on the collection of books was conducted so vigorously that 1,500 volumes, which has a library at the time of its opening, in six months turned into a well-systematized fund of 15,000 copies.Significant assistance has Petrograd.
These devotees
work team consisting of 12 people has been so productive that the library quickly reaches the provincial level.The activity of the library was the ascetic - in addition to the collection of books, their systematization and compiling a catalog of work was the main focus of scientific and educational activities.A library from 11 am to 12 pm.Initially, the stacks are located in the building of the former Nobility Assembly.During the first year of the reading room was visited by 2608 people, up to 50 people a day.And only in 1922 the future Vologda Regional Library.Grandma starts to give out books at home, thereby greatly expanding its audience.Actually, the library before the war grew and expanded as well as dozens of regional libraries.Funds assets was primarily due to the literature and periodicals produced in the region.At the library there were areas that are improving, becoming an independent department.How, for example, help desk, or bibliographic Commission.In 1938 the Vologda region is formed, and the library gets a new status.
war and postwar exploits
During the war, the work places was also normal for libraries that are not in the occupied territories - it served readers.They were wounded in hospital, and the hospital trains, workers defense companies, the people behind.Later, from the store there is a small library and transferred to the areas liberated from the invaders.Total of funds have been issued 37 thousand volumes for the formation of 62 libraries.Immediately after the war the library gets a second wind - the number of readers is growing steadily, regularly there are new forms of work, the stacks becoming a major scientific center.And there is the question of the new premises.The issue of building a model of the building on 500 thousand volumes is solved positively, and in 1963, Dec. 24, the city received a gift for the New 1964: Library awarded the title of fellow-revolutionary, who died in 1906.Since then, the Vologda Regional Library.Grandma gets a new status.It becomes public, scientific, universal profile.It is situated at ul.M. Ulyanova, house 1.
current stage of development
next, the third stage in the life of the regional stacks began the day celebrating his 80th birthday, when the decision of the governor of the library was given a new building, which had a remarkable history.Built in the early XX century in the then fashionable style of "modern" building within its walls seen and heard speeches by both domestic and foreign stars of the first magnitude.Writers, poets, dancers, religious leaders and orchestras - all of them were in the building, which is currently Regional Library.Here, a new roof, situated close to - st.M. Ulyanova, 7, move sections related to media and Internet resources.Great hall of the new building, equipped with modern acoustic means, take seminars and scientific conferences, exhibitions, presentations, concerts, meetings and literary evenings.
now fund the library has 1.2 million books.I change the style of work with readers.Library them.Grandma now, with the total growing number of readers, virtual visitors caters to 550 thousand. Per year.Real visitors has about 350 thousand.VOUNB since 1994 - member of the Russian Library Association, so here, in 2009, held a major forum - XIV Annual Conference of the RBA.
From 1989 to 2012 the Vologda library led Nellie N. Belov.Two Tatiana Nikolaevna - Kryukov and Bukhartsev - are (respectively) its predecessor and successor.
