The history of the library
This is one of the oldest libraries, the opening date of the library is considered to be December 31, 1910, when the library-reading room was opened by the decision of the Vernenskaya City Duma.
In 1931, by the decree of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Councils of the Kazakh SSR dated March 12, 1931 "On the establishment of the State Public Library of the Kazakh SSR", the library was transformed into the State Public Library of the Kazakh SSR.
The first director of the library was Oraz Zhandosov, a prominent statesman and public figure of Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
In February 1937, the library was named after A.S. Pushkin as a sign of the memory of the great Russian poet and in connection with the 100th anniversary of his death.
In 1991, by Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR No. 775 dated December 9, 1991 "On the National Library of the Kazakh SSR", the Pushkin State Library of the Kazakh SSR was renamed the National Library of the Kazakh SSR and thereby acquired state and public significance as a particularly valuable cultural object.
In 2020, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 20, 2020 "On awarding the status of "National" to some cultural organizations,"the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan was awarded the status of "National".
The National Library is the largest scientific and methodological center of libraries in Kazakhstan; the depository of a mandatory copy of the works of the press of Kazakhstan; the depository of the Committee for Control in the Field of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan of candidate and doctoral dissertations in all branches of knowledge defended in Kazakhstan; the depository of abstracts of the CIS countries; since 1993 - the depository of scientific dissertations and UNESCO publications since 2005 - the depository of literature published under the State program "Cultural Heritage".
The total area of the building is 29,426.4 square meters.
Since 2008, the library building has been included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Monuments of National Importance.
The standard library building was built in 1970 according to a special project, architects - V.P. Ishchenko, V.N.Tyutin, V.N. Kuznetsov, E. A. Petrova, A.A.Kalnoy, V. N. Kim.
Library Fund
(general fund, unique publications)
The National Library Fund has valuable written monuments of national and world culture, preserves the most complete collection of Kazakh books and books about Kazakhstan, other unique collections and collections, handwritten documents, pictorial publications, cartographic, musical and musical editions, as well as documents in a modern format.
The information resource is 7 million in 123 languages of the peoples of the world in various media, represents more than one unit of storage.
The fund of unique dissertations contains a scientific fund of defended PhD and doctoral dissertations of Kazakhstani scientists in all fields of knowledge, abstracts of scientists from Kazakhstan and CIS countries.
In addition, the electronic library of dissertations of the Russian State Library with full texts of dissertations and abstracts of Russian scientists is presented on the network.
The Kazakh Book Foundation includes modern literature in Kazakh and Russian, fiction and industrial literature in all areas of education, a series of books published under the state program "Cultural Heritage", materials of the Depository of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, reference publications.
The art fund includes art, painting, graphics, sculpture, architecture, applied arts, music, theater, cinema, choreography and much more. There are books on this subject, including musical editions and bookplates. The unique library of Kazakh music consists of 3,700 songs, among which are rare recordings of Kazakh music: works by Dina Nurpeisova, Dauletkerei, Jayau Musa, Akan Sera, Madi, Amire Kashaubayev, Kulyash Bayseitova, Manarbek Yerzhanov, Kanabek Bayseitov, Zhusipbek Yelebekov, Bibigul. Tolegenova, Rosa Baglanova, etc. have votes.
The World Literary Fund contains books on all fields of knowledge in 123 languages of the world, works by Kazakh writers in foreign languages, foreign classics, reference literature in many languages of the world, as well as foreign periodicals.
In addition, there is a rich fund of book corners with national culture, history and literature of Russia, Iran, Pakistan, India, Turkey, China and Korea.
Newspapers and magazines are presented in the periodicals hall. Since 1940, the periodicals fund has been storing republican, regional, regional newspapers, departmental, large-circulation magazines and works, as well as pre-revolutionary Russian magazines.
The reference fund includes more than 34,000 reference, bibliographic and information publications (reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.) in all branches of knowledge.
Information about rare manuscripts (collections) stored in the library
The collection of rare books and manuscripts includes more than 40,000 documents in Kazakh, Russian and Oriental languages, including more than 1,000 manuscripts.
The fund holds collections of Kazakh books, the first periodicals of Kazakhstan, old printed books of Eastern and Western Europe, Russia (maps, letters, albums, microfilms and microfiche).
The most valuable among the manuscripts are the 12th-century Quran written in Kuf script, which is the rarest and oldest book of the national level preserved in Kazakhstan, and the 18th-century Quran written in Nasih style, Turkish written monuments - the book of Firdousi. "Shahnameh" (18th century) in the Chagatai language, in 2003 UNESCO "Diwani hikmetter" (2 manuscripts, 19th century), "Risala: Miratul-gulub" (18th century), "Nasabnama": the genealogy of the ancestors of Khoja Akhmet Yassawi, included in the International Registry of the program "Memory of the World" (XVII century), and "Hikmetter" by Suleiman Bakirgani (XVI century) are handwritten books.
The pride of the foundation is the collection of Qurans, consisting of more than 50 handwritten and lithographic books, various in writing, chronology, page design and binding.
A collection of Oriental manuscripts from the rare fund of the XII-XIX centuries. includes an interval.
There are works by such Oriental scholars as Sagdi, Hafiz, Jami, Fuzuli.
The bibliographic heritage is a collection of Slavic and Korean books of the XVIII-XIX centuries, including the encyclopedia "Munhon Bigo".
Especially valuable printed books: Erasmus of Rotterdam "Praise of Madness" (1523), Galileo Galilei "Dialogue on two ancient systems of the world of Ptolemy and Copernicus" (Leiden, 1635), Torquato Tasso "Liberation of Jerusalem" (Venice, 1588)., L. Magnitsky "Arithmetic" (1703), M. Lomonosov "Brief the Guide to Eloquence" (1748), "A Brief Russian Chronicler with a Genealogy" (1760), "The Bell", published in London (1858-1860), "The Polar Star" and Russian poet-writers A.S. Pushkin, I.A. Krylov, N.V. Gogol, M.Y. Lermontov's works have been preserved, published during his lifetime.
Works of classics of Kazakh literature, publications during the lifetime of the Kazakh intelligentsia: "Works" by Abai (1909), textbook "Initial training in the Kyrgyz (Kazakh) Russian language" (1879) and "Anthology" (1899), "Works" by Sh. Valikhanov (1904);
The first periodicals of Kazakhstan - "Regional branches of Turkestan" 1879-1917, "Kazakh" 1913-1918, "Labor Kazakh" 1923-1932, and so on. The newspapers "Aikap" 1911-1917, "Abai" 1918, "Sholpan" 1922 and other magazines are unique written assets.
