Omsk State Library, Omsk, Omskaya oblast, Russia
The Omsk State Regional Research Library, named after Alexander Pushkin, is the oldest public library in Omsk and is the main research library in the region.
In 1899 the Omsk Municipal Duma made a decision to open a municipal public library in honor of Pushkin’s centenary. The library was opened in January 1907.
It was located in the extension to the Municipal Duma that was constructed against the special project of architect G.S. Bartkovsky.
Two adjoining rooms were set aside for the reading hall and the premises where the books could be rented. The library numbered 4 160 books and magazines, 370 readers in the first year of serving the Omsk residents.
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