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Soviet Reports 50, 000 Jewish Books in Leningrad Library; Many Are Rare

May 3, 1962
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There are more than 50,000 books, and many rare, valuable manuscripts in the Jewish section of the Saltikov-Shchedrin Library, according to a report by the Soviet news agency “Novosti,” received here today.

The collection includes works by Jewish authors during the Spanish-Arabic period, dating back to the era between the Tenth and Thirteenth Centuries.

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