Prlib:The Russian Presidential Library is The new library will focus on the collection of materials related to the history of the Russian state, and the documentary base will consist of electronic copies of materials from the Russian State Archives and documents from other institutions.

The Russian Presidential Library is located in St. Petersburg. It has a developed infrastructure, including electronic reading and exhibition halls, conference halls, meeting rooms, multifunctional high-definition television, etc. The main document sorting and numbering expenses, in addition to the conversion of archival documents into electronic versions of an estimated cost of 5-6 million U.S. dollars, for which it is necessary to set up a special technical processing center, only one equipment will require an additional 1 million U.S. dollars, and does not count the cost of staff time. The cost of rebuilding the library building is about 1.5-2.5 billion rubles and will take 1.5 or 2 years.