The foundation of the library had been initiated by the Russian literary historian, bibliographer and journalist Vladimir Nikolaevich Tukalevskii (1881‒1936), who headed the library in the first years of its existence.
Založení knihovny inicioval ruský literární historik, bibliograf a publicista Vladimir Nikolajevič Tukalevskij (1881‒1936), který v prvních letech existence stál v jejím čele.