Collection of books 21
The books fund includes more than 45 000 items. The chronological framework of the collection: end of the XVII century - beginning of the XXI century.
Collection of manuscripts and documents 69
Collection of the Manuscript and Documentary Fund of the museum consists of original documents of the history of St. Petersburg beginning with foundation of the city to the present day.
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Documents of the XVIII century 10
Documents of the XVIII century in the collection of the Fund are presented mainly by charters on parchment with the signatures-autographs of the Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine II, patents for rank, both military and civil, printed copies of the Imperial and Senate decrees.
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Documents of the XIX century 17
A significant part of the documents of the first half of the XIX century reflects the events associated with the uprising of the Decembrists: the Manifest of abdication of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich in favor of Nicholas Pavlovich, "The List of the State Criminals", a handwritten copy of K.F.Ryleev’s letter before his execution.
Patriotic War of 1812 is
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presented in the orders, reports, award documents.
The development of industry, science, education and culture is adequately represented in the documentary collection. The documents concerning architecture and construction of the city are of particular value for the research. ↑
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Documents of the XX century 37
In the documents of the collection all the diversity of the city's history in the XXth century can be traced and reflected: the First World War, the Revolution, the NEP, space exploration.
A special place is occupied by the relics of the Great Patriotic War and Siege of Leningrad - personal complexes and selected documents of the city's defenders, partisans, residents of
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Leningrad. Some of these documents can be seen in the expositions and exhibitions in the Rumyantsev Mansion, in the Memorable Hall of the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad. ↑
Painting 9
A few works of easel painting collected by V.N.Orlov were made by first class artists O.E.Braz, Moscow painter, theatre artist P.B.Williams, K.A.Korovin, B.M.Kustodiev, E.E.Lansere, K.S.Petrov–Vodkin, a follower of I.E.Repin — V. G. Tikhov etc.
Graphics 21
The main and most interesting part of V.N.Orlov's art collection are drawings, watercolors, theatrical sketches and prints by the artists of the "World of Art" circle.
Medals 8
In Orlov’s small collection of medallic art there are samples of domestic memorabilia, commemorative, portrait and souvenir medals. The most valuable are the works of A.F.Vasyutinsky, I.B.Gass, M.L.Dillon, M.A.Skudnov, S.Y.Yudin - the medals of the XVIII - XX centuries.
Photos 3
In V.N.Orlov’s Fund several portraits of Vladimir Nikolayevich are kept together with photos of B.L.Pasternak, S.I.Chikovani, G.N.Leonidze.
V. N. Orlov's Collection 66The collection of Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlov numbering about 12 thousand items is stored in the Museum-apartment of A.A.Blok, a branch of the State Museum of History of St. Petersburg.
Orlov's book collection 25For V.N.Orlov, a writer and scientist, his extensive library was not a collection, but the working library, which reflected the research interests of Vladimir Nikolayevich —from the literature of the early XIX century and history of the Decembrist movement to books of the Soviet poets and writers.
Books about A.A.Blok and his time 25More than half a century V.N.Orlov was persistently engaged in the study of the creative biography of Alexander Blok. Many editions of the collected works of the poet came out edited with commentary and introductory articles by Vladimir Nikolaevich. The books about Blok "the Poet and the City", "Hello, Alexander Blok", "Humayun", and etc. were written by him.
