Vernadskyj National Library of Ukraine
| Vernadskyj National Library of Ukraine Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського |
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 Photo taken in 2013
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| founding | August 2, 1918 |
| Duration | 15 million media units |
| Library type | National Library |
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Kiev , Ukraine  
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| operator | state |
| Website | www.nbuv.gov.ua |
The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine ( Ukrainian Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського Nazionalna biblioteka imeni Ukrajiny WI Wernadskoho ) is a scientific library and the National Library in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .
With around 15 million media units, it is one of the 20 largest libraries in the world .
history
The Vernadskyj National Library was opened on August 2, 1918 on the initiative of the Ukrainian politician Pavlo Skoropadskyj and bears the name of the Russian geologist and geochemist Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (Ukrainian: Vernadskyj ).
Collection and acquisition
As a national library, it systematically collects and archives deposit copies and records them in a national bibliography . The inventory includes all Ukrainian publications and copies of all Ukrainian doctoral theses.
The Vernadskyi National Library has the world's most comprehensive collection of Slavic writings, including the Peressopnytsya Gospels , incunabula and collections on Ukrainian scholars.
It has the world's largest archive of Jewish folk music , recorded on phonograph cylinders . The collection was registered in the UNESCO World Document Heritage in 2005.
The library has works on the history and culture of Ukraine and the surrounding regions, including the only existing manuscript musical composition by Artemiĭ Vedel .
building
The library building, built between 1975 and 1989, has 27 floors and a total area of 35,700 m². It is 76.7 m high to the roof and 78.6 m high to the top of the antenna.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vernadsky National Library on skyscraperpage.com , accessed September 26, 2015