Drawing of the chapel built on the grave of the founder of the Imperial Kharkiv University, Vasily Nazarovych "Karazin" at the City Orthodox Cemetery in the city of Mykolaiv (Kherson province).
This manuscript may be a copy of the Polyeleos, "Service of Sophia, the Wisdom of God, which is in the Great New City,” compiled in the 1st half of the 17th century (before 1646) by Prince Simeon Shakhovsky.
A slideshow presentation celebrating the history and collections of the Scientific Library of Zaporizhzhia National University in celebration of the 120th anniversary of the library fund.
Two Turkish government defters ("defter" from Persian - book, register) under the title "New Consolidated Register" are dated to the end of the 16th century. The "New Consolidated Register" contains data on the most prominent representatives of the Turkish nobility with detailed information about each, as well as their possessions. These are large handwritten books (18x50 cm) in leather bindings with embossing.
In 1941, the building housed a military hospital. While retreating from the city, the fascists burned the building of the former male gymnasium along with other houses. All that remained of it - burnt brick walls - was transferred to the industrial technical school. Reconstruction work was completed in 1952.
A historical interactive timeline about the Zhytomyr Oblast Children's Library beginning in 1929 and detailing up until 2020. A modern cultural, informational, educational, digital, effective space, the Library features some wonderful local history resources including its website. This timeline specifically can be found on the About the Library webpage.