in belarus , its first director was iosif simonovsky , a professional who received a brilliant humanitarianducation at sarbon and the university of bern. thanks to him, the belarusian library reached the level of the world's leading national libraries. the beginning of the 21st century was marked by the construction of a new unique building. libraries his height almost 74 m capacity. the storage fund is 14 million items, and seventeen reading rooms can accommodate 2,000 knowledge lovers. today. this is the largest information and socio-cultural center of the country, fulfilling its main goal of preserving the national heritage. in addition , sightseeing tours, cultural and educational events are held here for everyone with the participation of representatives of diplomatic missions of international governmental and public professional organizations annually on september 15. all libraries in the country. he notices the professional holiday dedicated to the day of the founding of the national library of belarus on september 16, 1920. the house-museum of adam mickiewicz was created in navahrud