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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

New and spacious spaces of the National Library of Karelia

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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BiblioNight at the National Library of Karelia

The National Library of Karelia joined the All-Russian event BiblioNight 2024. This annual large-scale event has been held for the 13th time. It aims at supporting reading and the social significance of literature as an important part of national culture.

Foreign/Own: ”The Sun of Russian Poetry” in translations into the Karelian and other languages

Participants in the Foreign/Own project read and discussed translations into Karelian of works by Alexander Pushkin. In the year of the 225th anniversary of ”The Sun of Russian Poetry”, the final program of the season was dedicated to translation of poet’s works into different languages.

The exhibition Seven Stones of Karelia that Everyone Should Know continues its work!

The exhibition, created by employees of the Institute of Geology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is located in the exhibition hall of the National Library.

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