Donetsk State Regional Universal Scientific Library named after N. K. Krupskaya
d. Donetsk, Artema Street, 84,
Description:
Donetsk State Regional Universal Scientific Library named after N. K. Krupskaya is the main book depository of the entire Donetsk region.
It was founded in August 1926 and is located in a former club building. In 1935, construction of a new building began. The author of the project was the architect Emmanuel Lvovich Gamze. During the Great Patriotic War, the building was badly destroyed. In 1955, the repair and reconstruction of the building was completed, but already according to the project of Porhunov N.P.
The facade of the building is decorated with high reliefs, the authors of which are sculptors and Geveke P. P. In addition, Ginzburg N. A. performed a bust of V. G. Belinsky, which is located inside the library. Several busts of writers and scientists, the author of which is the sculptor Rakityansky K.E., are placed in the reading room.
Today, the library has 1669 thousand copies. The library staff serves up to 1,000 readers every day.