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On this day, 1 July 1862

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Founding of the Russian State Library, Moscow

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The library is the second largest in the world and holds more than 43 million items in 247 languages. The library’s headquarters are located in a colonnaded building on the corner of Mokhovaya and Vozdvizhenka streets in front of which stands a monument to Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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