N.O. Kutchmenko - the Head of the Department of Rare Books of the V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR

It is important to emphasize the professionals who contributed to the collecting, study and introducing into scientific use the editions of the Department of rare books of the V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR (GBL, nowadays - the Russian State Library). Successful work of the Department from 1935 to 1949 was largely attributed to its Head - Nikolay Osipovich Kutchmenko. He worked in GBL from March 15, 1935 as chief librarian of the Department of rare and early printed books, performing the duties of Head of the Department, from July 15, 1935 - Head of the Department of rare books; from the end of June, 1941 also headed the Department of manuscripts, and from March 3, 1949 he was chief librarian of the Department of rare books. He was released from work in GBL on October 25, 1954. Under the leadership of N.O. Kutchmenko the collections of the Department were prepared to move to new premises; he conducted competent personnel policy in the Department; there were held exhibitions (including the war years). On his initiative were organized various publications of research studies of the employees of GBL Department of rare books, there was published “Inventory of Incunabula” (1939), and were prepared editions of A.F. Korostin “Beginning of Lithography in Russia” (1943) and A.S. Zernovaya “Beginning of Book Printing in Moscow and Ukraine” (1947). He led evacuation of the Department collections in 1941, and in 1944 - re-evacuation of book collections with check of state of collections composition, allocation in collections, and preparation for use. N.O. Kutchmenko showed himself as knowledgeable person, great organizer, able to work with people.

N.O. Kutchmenko, Department of Rare Books, Library of State Rumyantsev Museum, V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR

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