Talk:Korolenko Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library

What a terrible history of the library

Well, this is not even the history of the library itself, but simply a collection of anti-historical and nationalistic Russophobic fairy tales based on nothing, here is the normal history of the library itself: The Chernihiv Public Library was opened on March 15 (28), 1877 on the basis of the Charter approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs on February 9 of the same year. Among the founders of the library are representatives of the Ukrainian an Russian intelligentsia: A. Tishchinsky, Sofia and Alexander Rusov, P. Chervinsky, A. Borsuk, O. Karpinsky, M. Konstantinovich, K. Miloradovich, V. Varzar, I. Rashevsky and others. Ilya Shrag, Pyotr Efimenko, Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, Boris Grinchenko, Nikolay Voronoy and Grigory Kovalenko were also involved in the activities of the library in the initial period of its existence.

The original form of existence of the library was a "newspaper reading room". A year later, on February 18, 1878, by the decision of the founders, a library was opened at the reading room. The basis of the book fund of the library was the books of the founders themselves. Donations for the maintenance of the institution and the purchase of new books came from members of the board, various cultural institutions, and eventually from fees for the use of books. At the end of the first year of operation, the library fund was 564 copies.

During the first 8 years the library did not have its own premises. Under pressure from the public, the city government singled out a separate house on Preobrazhenskaya Street only in 1895. The revival of the work of the library was facilitated by the inclusion of M. Kotsyubinsky, N. Voronoy and other writers in its board. The Chernihiv "Hromada" and the "Prosvita" society provided great assistance. The library hosted public readings, public lectures, and concerts. The most progressive-minded intelligentsia united around the institution. The appearance of such a liberal cultural center caused dissatisfaction with the authorities, and in 1909 the library was closed. But the very next year, the library was opened as a city library, owned by the city government.

After the October Revolution of 1917, along with the liquidation of city self-government and the transfer of all educational institutions to the People's Commissariat of Education on January 12, 1919, the functioning of the library was temporarily suspended. By the decision of the provincial department of public education on the centralization of librarianship in July 1919, the city public library was reorganized into the central exemplary provincial library.

In 1920, the library began working in a new building at 31 Sovetskaya Street. But the following year, a significant part of the property and valuable literature were destroyed as a result of a fire, so the library began to work regularly since 1922. Then she was named after the Russian-Ukrainian writer V. G. Korolenko. The State Regional Library became in 1934.

On August 24, 1941, during the bombing of the city by German aircraft, the library was destroyed - its entire 216,000-strong fund and property were completely destroyed. During the occupation of 1941-43, the library worked as a city library, concentrating 148,000 volumes from various book depositories in the city in its funds. During the liberation battles for Chernihiv, this fund was also destroyed.

Penza Regional Art Gallery The Soviet government resumed the work of the institution on December 1, 1943. After the Second World War, the library quickly recovered, constantly increasing its funds and establishing cultural and educational activities. At first, it was located in the premises at 60 Popudrenka Street and in the Yelets Monastery, and since 1974 it was housed in a building at 41 Lenina Street (now Prospekt Mira), where it is located to this day. The current building of the library is an architectural monument of the early 20th century, built in 1910-13 according to the design of Alexander von Gauguin, the building of a noble and peasant land bank, an example of Ukrainian architectural modernity. A copy of the building is the building of the Penza Regional Art Gallery.

In 1977, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, the library was awarded the Honorary Diploma of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.

On the morning of June 30, 2018, the library funds located in the basement were flooded after a heavy rain. The water level was 1.65 m. The files of about 3,000 local periodicals that the library had been collecting since 1945, as well as about 26,000 art publications, were damaged.

On the night of March 30, 2022, during the siege of Chernihiv, the library building was damaged as a result of shelling by Russian troops. Windows were broken in the building, the roof was destroyed, the walls were damaged. Цйфыву (talk) 00:28, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

POV in section "Ukrainian People's Republic and Soviet rule"

The section Ukrainian People's Republic and Soviet rule appears to have some problems with POV, such as claiming the book fund was "forcibly replenished" and providing lots of information requiring verification (for example, on the Germans restoring the library) without any sourcing to back it up.

Mupper-san (talk) 05:34, 1 August 2023 (UTC)