Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library
Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is one of the three national Libraries in Russia. Located in St. Petersburg, its focus is on electronic collections on all topics Russian, not just the life of its namesake.
Also recorded as Presidential Library named after B. N. Yeltsin
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Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is one of the three national Libraries in Russia. Located in St. Petersburg, its focus is on electronic collections on all topics Russian, not just the life of its namesake.
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Established in May 2009 by then-president Vladimir Putin, it was named in honour of former president Boris Yeltsin. Unlike other Russian national libraries, which operate under the authority of Ministry of Culture, it is under the Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation. • Illustration — Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library In November 2014, it announced its intention to start an online encyclopedia, which it dubbed an alternative to Wikipedia. In a statement, the Library said that Wikipedia "..is unable to give detailed and trustworthy information about Russia’s regions and the life of the country."
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Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library established.
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Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is recorded from 2007.
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Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library was established or created on 31 January 2007.
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Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is recorded at coordinates 59.9358, 30.3011.
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- 1.Kooperation mit der Russischen Präsidentenbibliothek Boris Jelzin.
- 2.About Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library. www.prlib.ru.
- 3.Библиотека имени Ельцина обойдется бюджету в 5 миллиардов Lenta.ru, 2. März 2007.
- 4.Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации № 326-рп от 18 июня 2007 года «О создании Президентской библиотеки имени Б. Н. Ельцина»
- 5.About the World Digital Library: Partners. www.wdl.org.
- 6.Федеральный закон Российской Федерации № 183-ФЗ от 27 октября 2008 года «О внесении изменений в статью 18 Федерального закона „О библиотечном деле“»
- 7.In: RIA Novosti, 27. Mai 2009; Медведев открыл в Петербурге библиотеку имени Ельцина, задуманную Путиным. In: NEWSru.com, 27. Mai 2009.
- 8.In: Telekanal «Kultura», 1. September 2009
- 9.Tom Parfitt. Russian Library to Launch Web Rival to ‘Untrustworthy’ Wikipedia. The Daily Telegraph. 2014-11-14.
- 10.The Presidential Library Began to Develop a Regional Electronic Encyclopedia. prlib.ru. 2014-11-14.
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