Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library Explained

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. 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.^[1]

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."^{[2] [3]}

See also

The two other national libraries of Russia:

• Russian State Library, Moscow
• National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg

External links

• • Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library website

Notes and References

1. Verschinin . Alexandr Pavlovich . 2012 . Russia: Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library: electronic resources on the Russian statehood . Uncommon Culture . en . 162–165 . 2083-0599.
2. Web site: Russian library to launch web rival to 'untrustworthy' Wikipedia . https://web.archive.org/web/20141114170501/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11231313/Russian-library-to-launch-web-rival-to-untrustworthy-Wikipedia.html . dead . 14 November 2014 . Daily Telegraph . 14 November 2014 . 14 November 2014 . Parfitt, Tom.
3. Maistrovich, Tatiana. “Typology of Electronic Libraries.” Slavic & East European Information Resources 15, no. 4 (2014): 240–46.