Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library () is one of the three national Libraries in

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. Located in

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, its focus is on electronic collections on all topics Russian, not just the life of its namesake. Established in May 2009 by then-president

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, it was named in honour of former president

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. Unlike other Russian national libraries, which operate under the authority of

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, it is under the Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation. In November 2014, it announced its intention to start an online encyclopedia, which it dubbed an alternative to

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. In a statement, the Library said that Wikipedia "...is unable to give detailed and trustworthy information about Russia’s regions and the life of the country."Maistrovich, Tatiana. “Typology of Electronic Libraries.” ''Slavic & East European Information Resources'' 15, no. 4 (2014): 240–46.

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Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library website
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