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The official website of the National Library of Karelia is a visiting card of the library and a story about its activity. The site is a single access point to electronic resources and online services.

Mission of the National Library

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The National Library of the Republic of Karelia is a place for reading, communication, creativity and new ideas. The National Library is an institution which fulfils different functions in the field of information activity, preservation of traditions, education and intellectual leisure. We aim at becoming an open social center for the local community.

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A new electronic edition SULO. Karelia in the paintings by Sulo Juntunen

We present to our readers a new electronic publication, SULO. Karelia in the Paintings by Sulo Juntunen, created by the Information Technology Centre of the National Library of Karelia following an exhibition prepared at the Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia.

The VIII reading competition Sungurov’s Days at the National Library of Karelia

As part of the work of the base platform Literature of Karelia for Schoolchildren, the VIII reading competition Sungurov’s Days: Expanding Horizons was held at the National Library.

Names in the History of Karelia: Vsevolod Uslanov

A new name if the internet project Names in the History of Karelia - Vsevolod Uslanov (1910 – 1990), journalist, writer and playwright of Karelia.

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