Library named after Alexander Pushkin, the greatest Russian poet and the founder of a Russian language, is the largest information cultural and social center of the Siberian region. There are over 3 million copies - information carriers in its fund. You can find the unique edition "The Book of the Attack and Defense of Fortresses" (1744) among them. The electronic catalog "Rare Book" contains bibliographic records from the books of 1660. For example, “Route through Omsk: scientific expeditions to Siberia,” “On the route of Vitus Bering's expeditions,” “Scientific heritage: documents, publications.”
Why is the library named after Alexander Pushkin? The decision to create the library was made in 1899 - in the year of the centenary of the birth of the great Russian writer. Yet, the library opened only in 1907. Today we can safely say that this is one of the intellectual centers of Russian culture.
The main facade of the building is decorated with 8 sculptures of forged blued copper. These are the figures of prominent Russian folks. They personify the thousand-year history of our fatherland: the founder of Russian statehood Yaroslav the Wise, the leader of the spiritual renewal of Russia Sergius of Radonezhskiy, a symbol of the achievements of ancient Russian painting Andrei Rublev, and great representatives of Russian science, art, technical progress - N. M. Karamzin, M. V. Lomonosov, M. N. Glinka, K. E. Tsiolkovsky.
