Virtual tour of the exhibition "Book Monuments of the Presidential Library: Russia through the Eyes of Travelers"

A virtual tour of the exhibition "Book Monuments of the Presidential Library: Russia through the Eyes of Travelers" (December 24, 2024 – May 7, 2025) presents publications of the XVI–XX centuries from the collections of the Presidential Library. Many of them are book monuments of national importance, and some are book monuments of world importance. They tell about various kinds of travels in Russia: diplomatic visits, scientific expeditions, visits to various cities and regions. The first exhibition hall presents the memoirs of foreigners – members of diplomatic missions and travelers of the XVI–XIX centuries. Russian editions of the XVIII–XIX centuries, the works of famous Russian researchers and travelers are shown in the second one: expedition materials, travel notes, maps and guidebooks.