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The National Library of the Chechen Republic (Национальная библиотека Чеченской Республики) named after Abuzar Aydamirov is the first public library in Grozny, founded in 1904. In 1920, it was transferred to state funding, and in 1929, when Grozny became the centre of the Chechen Autonomous Oblast, it received the status of a regional one. In 1936, the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Oblast was raised to the status of a republic as the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the library acquired the status of a republican one. In 2013, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the People's Writer of Chechnya, Abuzar Aidamirov, the National Library was named after him.

History
The Republican Universal Scientific Library was opened in October 1904 thanks to the efforts of the teachers of the Pushkin School in Grozny. The book fund at first was formed entirely from donations from the townspeople. Before the establishment of Soviet power, the library was one of the few cultural institutions in Grozny. Before the 1917 Revolution, its collections amounted to more than 14 thousand books and magazines, 1172 readers visited the library.

In 1920, the library was transferred to state funding. After Grozny, formerly a separate administrative unit, was attached to the Chechen Autonomous Oblast, the library received the status of a regional one.

In 1927, the library employee Raisa Nikolaevna Kononenko took part in the first All-Union Congress, which was held in Moscow. In 1934, the Chechen and Ingush Autonomous Oblasts were merged into the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Oblast. At the same time, Ivan Vasilyevich Sergeev was appointed director of the library and held this position until 1964.

In 1936, the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Oblast was raised to the status of a republic as the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the library acquired the status of a republican one.

Great Patriotic War
In January 1943, due to the approach of the front line to the borders of Checheno-Ingushetia, the library temporarily stopped its work. The library reopened in September of that year. During the years of the deportation of Chechens and Ingush, employees hid and kept in the funds a large amount of literature in the Chechen and Ingush languages, which, according to the then official policy, was subject to destruction.

Post-war period
On 11 July 1945, in connection with the 40th anniversary of the death of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the library was named after him. In 1964, Inna Fedorovna Golikova became the director of the library. In January 1966, a new library building was opened in the square named after Anton Chekhov.

In 1980, for the first time, a Chechen woman was appointed director - Honoured Worker of Culture of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR and the RSFSR Gabisova Tamara Patsevna, one of the first national specialists who graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Culture named after Nadezhda Krupskaya.

In 1983, the library was given the status of the State Universal Scientific Library. In the 1980s, the library received up to 35 thousand copies of books, 60 newspaper titles and 485 magazine titles annually. By the beginning of the 1990s, the total fund of the library reached 2.65 million items. The library's holdings included unique publications of a local history nature; a complete set of patents of the socialist countries that were members of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; approximately 10 thousand publications recognized as bibliographic rarity.

In 1989, access to the previously closed part of the so-called "special fund" of literature was opened. The archive of the local press contained more than 10,000 copies. It contained all the republican printed matter since 1957 - from business cards to books. The multinational team of the library consisted of 136 specialists. Research work was carried out in the library. In 1988, the first graduate student Edilbek Khasmagomadov defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Development of book publishing in Checheno-Ingushetia (1917-1941)”.

For many years, the library was the base for organising the practice of students of the library departments of the Krasnodar Institute of Culture, Dagestan State University and the Moscow Institute of Culture.

Post-soviet period
In 1993, Edilbek Khasmagomadov, candidate of historical sciences, was appointed director of the library.

As a result of hostilities in 1994-1995, the library was completely destroyed, and its unique collections were looted and burned.

The library resumed its work in unsuitable premises under the stands of the city's hand games stadium. On 12 December 1995, by a decree of the Government of the National Revival of the Chechen Republic, it was given the status of the National Library of the Chechen Republic.

The new fund of the library was replenished at the expense of literature donated by the libraries of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Stavropol, Moscow. The surviving libraries of the Chechen Republic rendered great help. Many residents of Grozny and other settlements of the Chechen Republic brought their books as a gift.

Since 2005, the National Library has occupied the second floor of the building of the Republican Centre for Arts and Culture. The book fund of the library reached by that time 23 thousand copies, the average annual number of readers exceeded 3 thousand people.

On 23 March 2013, the opening of the new library building took place. It is located in the centre of Grozny. Its total area is more than 13 thousand square meters. On 30 October 2013, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the People's Writer of the Chechen Republic Abuzar Aidamirov, the National Library was named after him. The Republican Children's Library of the Chechen Republic is located in the same building.

At the festival "Traditions and Innovation in the Architecture of the North Caucasus" held in Nalchik in 2013, the project of the building of the National Library of the Chechen Republic became the winner in the nomination "Building".

In March 2017, access to the electronic collections of the library was opened.

On 10 November 2019, the first North Caucasian Wiki Seminar was held at the National Library.

On 7 November 2020, the "North Caucasian Wiki Seminar 2020" was held in the library.

Library managers

 * 1934-1964 - Ivan Vasilyevich Sergeev;
 * 1964-1978 - Inna Fedorovna Golikova;
 * 1978-1980 - Polina Sergeevna Gorbunova;
 * 1980-1993 - Tamara Patsevna Gabisova;
 * 1993-2014 - Edilbek Khamidovich Khasmagomadov;
 * 2014–present in. — Satsita Magomedovna Israilova

In philately
In 1971 and 1985, artistic stamped envelopes with the image of the then library building were issued in the USSR.