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Załuski Library
The Załuski Library (Zalusciana, Biblioteka Załuskich) was built in Warsaw 1747–1795 by Józef Andrzej Załuski and his brother, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski, both Catholic bishops. The library was open to the public and indeed was the first Polish public library, the biggest in Poland and one of the first and biggest libraries in the worldAfter the Kościuszko Uprising], the Russian troops acting on orders from Czarina [[Catherine II looted the library and dispatched them to Petersburg, where it became a nucleus of the Imperial Public Library.
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