Libraries of public authorities

The library, archive, and Chancellery of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia remained intact and continued to operate during twenty years since the death of Patriarch Adrian in 1700 and the abolition of the patriarchy and establishment of the Holy Synod in 1721. At that time, capital functions had gradually shifted to St. Petersburg, and the Synodic Chancellery moved between the new capital and Moscow due to various circumstances. The Patriarchal Printing House, a direct successor to the Printing Yard from the 16th century, remained in Moscow, while the St. Petersburg printing house underwent constant reorganizations. By the end of the 18th century, Imperial St. Petersburg had become the permanent seat of the Holy Synod, and the Moscow Synodal Office took its final form, with institutions for printing houses, libraries, and archives in both cities. The ancient Moscow archives and libraries retained the traditional names "Patriarchal". The new archive and library in St. Petersburg was called "Synodicl" until the 1920s, when these institutions were finally eliminated and their collections merged with other archives and libraries.