LA Times Article [Reg. Req.] on What began with five boxes of books stacked in a storeroom has grown to more than 20,000 books in Russian, all of them donated by patrons and private book collectors. Two years ago, the library moved to West Hollywood’s Plumber Park, a favorite hangout for Russian seniors.
Open from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on weekdays, the library is staffed by 15 volunteers, many of whom worked as librarians before they immigrated to the United States.
Finding a permanent home in West Hollywood remains an ongoing process. Because the city intends to renovate the Plumber Park building, the library will have to move again. City officials say they plan a new space for it. “We have moved to five different places, and each time we did everything by ourselves,” Vera Richkina, head librarian, said in Russian. “We know it will be hard.”
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