苏联爱沙尼亚共和国著名的塔尔图大学成立于1802年,而塔尔图大学图书馆也于同时诞生。它是苏联一所最老的大学图书馆,同时,在许多方面它还是国内大学图书馆中首屈一指的:拥有四百万册图书,其中手稿一万五千册、学位论文和作者作品摘要四十万册、版画和画册约八千册,照片图册六千多册。此外,它所收藏的全世界若干世纪以来的科学成就方面的定期出版物是最为丰富的。 The famous Tartu University of the Soviet Republic of Estonia was founded in 1802, and the Tartu University Library was born at the same time. It is one of the oldest Soviet university libraries, and in many ways it is second to none in domestic university libraries: 4 million books, including 15,000 manuscripts, 400,000 dissertations and author works , Print and album of about eight thousand, photo album more than six thousand books. In addition, it has the largest collection of regular publications on scientific achievements throughout the world for centuries.