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Odesa National Scientific Library

Library Brief History

The unique combination of political, economical and geographical factors caused Odesa fast growth. It became one of the prominent cities in Russian empire. Coming out of cultural and educational needs of population the General-Governor count Vorontsov M.S. together with the newspaper «Odessky Vestnik» appealed to Imperor Nikolaj 1 to initiate the opening of public library in Odesa. It became the second public library in Russian Empire after the imperial library in Saint Petersburg.