המכון לכתבי יד מזרחיים, האקדמיה הרוסית למדעים

The institute of Oriental Manuscripts RAS keeps a collection of early printed Hebrew books- including 64 copies of incunabula, 270 copies of palaeotypes and a large number of books of the second half of the 16th century till the fisrt half of the 20th century (aprrox. 50,000 items). The institute also keeps a collection of hebrew periodicals, and a collection of Yiddish printed materials (books, newspapers, magazines etc).