Opening hours

Russian state library is open

Mon—Sat: from 9:00 to 20:00
Sunday: closed
RSL is also closed on last Monday of the month.


Registration is open

Main building
Address: Moscow, Vozdvizhenka, 3/5, 1 nd entrance
Telephone: +7 (495) 695-57-90
Schedule: Mon—Sat, from 9:00 to 20:00

Khimky department
Address: Khimki, Moscow region, Bibliotechnaya str., 15
Telephone: +7 (495) 570-05-55
Schedule: Mon—Sat, from 9:00 to 17:30

Reading room of RSL at Jewish Museum
Address: Moscow, Obraztsova St., 11, build. 1A
+7 (499) 557-04-70, доб. 12-14
Schedule: Sun—Tue from 12:00 to 22:00
Fri from 10:00 to 15:00


Requests for items from the general stock

At the same day:
Mon—Fri, from 9:00 till 18:15
Sat, from 9:00 till 17:15

Preliminary:
Mon—Sat, from 9:00 till 19:45


Reading Rooms are open

Mon—Sat, from 9:00 to 20:00

Reading room at Jewish Museum
Sun—Thu, from 12:00 till 22:00
Fri, from 10:00 till 15:00

Reading rooms for the department of dissertations
Mon—Sat, from 9:00 till 18:00

Reading room for newspaper department
Mon—Sat, from 9:00 till 18:00


Exhibition halls are open

Book Museum
Mon—Sat, from 9:00 till 20:00

Blue hall
Tue—Sun, from 11:00 till 20:00


The department of dissertations is open

Mon—Fri, from 9:00 till 18:00
except last Monday of the month


The library cafeterias are open

Cafeteria in the main building
Mon—Sat, from 11:30 till 18:00
except last Monday of the month

Cafeteria is placed on the 1 st entrance of the main building

Cafeteria in Pashkov's house
Mon—Sat, from 10:30 till 16:00
except last Monday of the month