Abstract
Mikhailovsky Castle is an outstanding monument of palace architecture, in the XIX–XX centuries it was one of the important elements of urban book culture. During the specified period in the building there were own, public, special and scientific libraries, unique on the art, historical, cultural value. Among them are collections of emperor Paul I; engineer general P. K. Sukhtelen; Free society of literature, of sciences and arts, Saint Petersburg Mineralogical society, Nikolaev engineering academy and school, Central naval library, Central scientific and technical library. Particular attention in the work is paid to the attempt of the cultural and political elite of Leningrad and the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR in 1947–1949 to organize in the castle a branch of the M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library. The study was carried out based on various historical sources, including unpublished documents from the central and departmental archives of Saint-Petersburg, some of which are first introduced into scientific circulation
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