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{{Infobox library
| native_name     = {{lang|ru|Российская государственная библиотека}}
| name            = Russian State Library
| image           = State Library named after Lenin (left wing of the building).jpg
| image_size      = 300px
| caption         = Main building of the library, (in front is the monument to [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky|Dostoevsky]])
| library_logo    =
| logo_size       = 
| location        = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
| established     = {{Start date and age|1862|paren=yes}}<ref name=rsl>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsl.ru/en |title=Russian State Library |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |work=Official library website |publisher= |accessdate=20 November 2010}}</ref>
| num_branches    = 3
| collection_size = 44,800,000 (2012)
| pop_served      = 93,100 (2012)
| budget          = {{russian ruble}} 1,740,000,000 (2012)
| director        = Alexander I. Visly (General Director), Vladimir I. Gnezdilov (Executive Director), Viktor V. Fiodorov (President) <ref name=rsl/>
| num_employees   = 1830 (2012)
| website         = {{URL|https://www.rsl.ru/en}}
}}
The '''Russian State Library''' is the [[national library]] of [[Russia]] in [[Moscow]]. There is another library in [[Saint Petersburg]] named the [[National Library of Russia]].

== Russian State Library Media ==
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File:Pashkov house 20190501.jpg|[[Pashkov House]], old building of the Russian State Library. On the far right visible are the newer structures.

File:The Soviet Union 1939 CPA 655 stamp (Lenin Library).jpg|A 1939 postage stamp marking the completion of the first part of the new library building; it had a print run of 1600

File:Moscow RSL main building asv2019-06 img1.jpg|Reading room three, the largest. At the far end, a monument to Lenin. Busts along the walls.

File:Moscow RSL main building asv2019-06 img5.jpg|One of the smaller reading rooms

File:State Library named after Lenin (wide view).jpg|The 19-story depository can be seen in the background, from [[Mokhovaya Street]]

File:Shchusev Museum of Architecture moscow january 2019.jpg|The depository as seen from Starovagankovsky Lane side, near [[Shchusev Museum of Architecture]]

File:GBL-stample.jpg|Russian State Library stamp ([[Soviet Union|Soviet times]])

File:Michael I's wedding (18 c., RGB) by shakko.jpg|The wedding of tsar [[Michael of Russia|Michael I]]

File:Michael & xenia.jpg|Tver manuscript of [[George Hamartolus]]
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== References ==
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== Other websites ==
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*[http://rsl.ru/en Official website]
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=moscow&ll=55.751819,37.609645&spn=0.001159,0.003404&t=k&hl=en Satellite image of the Russian State Library], centered on the main entrance

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