Коллекции

The new edition of the collection of textbooks on geography includes 164 units. The material is divided into three general sections: textbooks issued before 1917, textbooks issued after 1917, and the methods of teaching geography. Inside the sections textbooks are grouped by different levels of education (for primary, secondary, higher school) and territorial coverage (general geography, geography of Russia, homeland studies); inside the sub-sections textbooks are arranged alphabetically. The materials enable us to trace the process of formation and development of geography as a school subject in the system of Russian education, from the publication of the first Russian author’s textbook in 1776 to particular works issued after the October Revolution of the last century.

The collection, timed to coincide with the 2017 Year of Ecology in Russia, includes the legislative testaments on the protection of natural resources; documents on the history, theory and practice of forestry management, water and soil resources consumption; materials on the history of nature reserves; the "Red Books" of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation; the research works of the atmosphere and climate, as well as an influence of the environment on human life; some materials on the environmental education and periodicals.

The collection “Eurasia – Our Home” contains more than two dozen thematic collections dedicated to the historical advancement of Russia to the Far East, Central Asia, collections on the history of relations between Russia and other Eurasian countries: Vietnam, India, Iran, China, Mongolia and Serbia, as well as many post-Soviet states. In addition, it spotlights Russia’s cooperation with African countries.

The collection is dedicated to two priority areas of modern Russia's development: the territories of Siberia and the Far East. These regions will determine the country's geo-economic future. The collection contains historical evidence from the XVI century onwards, including accounts of the pioneering explorers who ventured into these uncharted lands. It includes scientific monographs, publications from the East Siberian branch of the Russian Geographical Society and the Imperial and Soviet academies of sciences, as well as reports from research expeditions and works of art. The collection also includes cartographic, audio-visual, and visual materials.

The collection includes research works, essays, memoirs, archival files, official documents, newsreels, photographs and other materials that tell about the arctic travels and expeditions, the Arctic Ocean, the adjoining territories, and the lives of their inhabitants, the development of polar lands from ancient times to the present. There is a section on the Northern Sea Route, which played a significant role in the development of the Arctic; as well as materials of art exhibitions related to the North.

The collection is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the West-Siberian Railway - one of the leading steel highways of Russia, which connects the railways of Eastern Siberia with the roads of the Urals and the European part of Russia, it organizes the transportation of transit cargo and passenger traffic in five subjects of the Russian Federation: the Omsk, the Novosibirsk , the Kemerovo and the Tomsk regions and the Altai territory, and partly on the territory of Kazakhstan.

The collection timed to coincide with 215th anniversary of the first Russian circumnavigation of the world, provides access to research works, archival documents from the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation and the Russian State Historical Archive, video and visual materials. The collection comprises general geographical studies on voyages around the world, works of members of the first expedition: Ivan Krusenstern, Yuri Lisyansky, Nikolai Rezanov, Fyodor Shemelin, and members of other voyages as well: Otto von Kotzebue, Faddey Bellingshausen and Fyodor Litke. The collection spotlights the archival documents: instructions and letters given to the expedition members, materials which focus on publication of research works of participants. A separate section provides an insight into the service and scholarly work of expedition members after the voyages. The collection also contains images of monuments to Ivan Krusenstern and Mikhail Lazarev.