Scientists

The collection is devoted to the 250th birth anniversary of the famous Russian historian, writer, publicist Nikolay Karamzin. It features research, essays and archival documents about the life and work of Karamzin; his literary and scientific heritage, including his main work History of the Russian State; correspondence; video lectures revealing the collections of various libraries related to Nikolay Karamzin; projects and photographs of monuments.

The collection dedicated to Pyotr Kireevsky (1808-1856) - the folklorist, collector of folk poetry, specialist in archaeography and publicist – is built up of publications about his life and work, as well as a posthumous series of books featuring songs collected by P. Kireevsky that was commissioned by the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature.

The collection features the prominent Russian historian Vasily Klyuchevsky. The collection includes digital copies of research works, archival documents and memoirs. There are the texts of the historian’s writings (including his most famous work, "The Course of Russian History"), as well as biographical information about him.

The collection is devoted to the 310th anniversary of Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765), the Russian scientist and encyclopedist, educator, writer, statesman and public figure. It features digital copies of archival documents, books, periodicals, graphic materials and videos.

The collection, which is dedicated to the renowned Russian chemist and thinker Dmitri Mendeleev, includes his works, correspondence; archival documents about his relatives, scientific, educational and public activities; 20th-century studies, which spotlight Dmitri Mendeleev’s scientific heritage, and visual materials.

The collection marking the 195th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian geographer, traveler, statesman and public figure P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky features his memoirs, archival documents about his service activities, video recordings, and visual materials. Of particular importance are the scientist's research, as well as fundamental works on geography and statistics, compiled under his editorship (multi-volume works "Geography of Asia", "Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of the Russian Empire", "Picturesque Russia", "Russia").

The collection is devoted to the 200th anniversary of Sergey Solovyov (1820-1879), the outstanding Russian historian, academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. It features biographical research, documents about his career, various editions of History of Russia from the Earliest Times and other works, as well as documents on the founding of a Solovyov's scholarship at the St. Vladimir University.

The collection dedicated to the prominent representative of Russian cosmism, the founder of theoretical cosmonautics, Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, includes editions introducing the life and work of the scientist, his works on the theory of air and space science, rocket science, astronomy, physics, biology, as well as philosophical and sci-fi works.