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# Chukovsky's library for children, built in the 1930s on land from Shchipachev
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/rabochii-stol-v-biblioteke-chukovskogo-kotoruiu-v-1930-e-on-postroil-na-sosedskom-uchastke-na-svoi-dengi-neskolko-sotok-zemli-emu-vydelil-poet-stepan-petrovich-shchipachev-1898-1980/
- Published: 2019-06-02T11:40:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:54:54.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Museums, Heritage

The desk in Chukovsky's library, which he built in the 1930s at his own expense on a neighbouring plot: a few hundredths of a hectare were given to him by the poet Stepan Petrovich Shchipachev (1898-1980). Chukovsky's personal library for children began with 400 volumes from his home collection, and in all the years of its existence it has never closed.