Russian State Library

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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1. How big is Russian State Library?Over 47 million items (as of 2017)
2. How long is Russian State Library?Over 275 kilometers of shelves
3. When was Russian State Library built?1862 (as Moscow Public Museum and Rumyantsev Museum)
4. What is the location?Moscow, Russia
5. What is the languages in collection?Items in over 360 languages (as of 2017)
6. How many books and items does it have?It has more than 47 million items, including over 17 million books, many magazines, musical scores, sound recordings, and maps.

Repository: A place where things are stored or kept, especially in large quantities.
Cultural Heritage: The legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society inherited from past generations.
Dissemination: The act of spreading information or knowledge widely.
Digitalization: The process of converting information into a digital format that can be read by computers.