Sad lines do not drain

The Ministry of Culture is currently not considering the unification of the Russian State Library in Moscow (former State Library of the USSR named after V.I. Lenin) and the Russian National Library (former Public Library) in St. Petersburg. This is stated in the response of the head of the department of Vladimir Medinsky to a request from the State Duma deputy Sergei Boyarsky, TASS reports .

As noted in the document, the deputy’s appeal to the deputy prime minister Olga Golodets was considered the Ministry of Culture. “Currently, the issue of uniting these libraries is not considered,” the response of Medinsky says. “The issue of implementing joint projects of the RSL and the RSN, including the development of the national electronic library, is being worked out.”

In his deputy request, Boyarsky urged Golodets to evaluate the appropriateness of the possible unification of the RSB and the RND in connection with the emergence of information, which caused a wide public outcry. The media reported on the existence of a letter on behalf of the leadership of the RSL and the RSN, sent to the authorities and containing a request for the merger of the two main Russian bookstores. At the same time, the original document was not published.

On March 17, members of the Party of Growth faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg turned to the TFR with a request to check the actions of officials preparing the transfer of the St. Isaac's Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church and the unification of the Russian state and Russian national libraries. The authors of the appeal note that the authorities of St. Petersburg began to give orders for the implementation of these projects, despite the fact that the Ministry of Culture did not yet make official decisions on the transfer of the cathedral and did not plan to unite libraries.

On March 18, a city -protective rally was held in St. Petersburg. Its participants, in particular, opposed the merger of Leninka and Publics.