Great Library
is really Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Artyom and the Rangers go up from Polis into the ruined library to find documents about D6, avoiding the ape-like Librarians that roam its halls.
The real place
Known as the Lenin Library until 1992, it is Russia's national library and one of the largest in the world. Its main building on Vozdvizhenka Street was designed by Vladimir Shchuko and Vladimir Gelfreikh.
Visiting
The reading rooms need a reader's card, but the Dostoevsky statue and the facade are free to see from the square. Many Western governments currently advise against all travel to Russia, so check official advice first.
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