The  Prince George Galitzine Memorial Library, St Petersburg, was founded in 1994, in memory of  Prince George Galitzine, by the London based charity "The Galitzine - St Petersburg Trust"  For 25 years it was the only Anglo-Russian Library in St Petersburg and is now part of The Mayakovsky Library foreign language section.

The theme of the Library is "Rossica of the 20th Century":

• books about Russia published abroad
• publications by Russian emigres
• rare literary journals and magazines, otherwise known as 'Tamizdat' 

Most of these books were not readily available during Soviet times for political reasons, now the books in the Library fill that gap with some volumes dating as early as pre 1917.

The goal of the Library is "to educate, enlighten and inspire".

Among the donations to The Galitzine Library are books from members of the British Royal family, Russian scholars, authors, politicians and many established British and Russian institutions.

Everyone is welcome and we also host many events relevant to our theme, details of which can be found on our page in vKontakt.