Vulîh Ida
Main achievement
Chief librarian at the "V.I. Lenin" State Library (now the Russian State Library).
About
Ida Vulîh was born into a Jewish family in Bălți. She pursued musical studies, graduating from the Conservatory (according to some sources in Bucharest, according to others in Prague) with a piano major. After Bessarabia was annexed by the USSR in 1940, she returned to Bălți. During World War II, she was evacuated to the city of Djambul (today Taraz, Kazakhstan). Her family suffered tragic losses during the Holocaust: her father, the photographer Pinhas Movșevici Vulîh, was executed by the Nazis in Сороки (Soroca) in July 1941, and her mother, Basia Ihilovna Vulîh, perished in the ghetto in the autumn of the same year. After the war, she settled in Moscow, where she dedicated her career to the "V.I. Lenin" State Library (now the Russian State Library). She worked in the music department until the end of her life, rising to the position of chief bibliographer. Professional Activity Ida Vulîh was a central figure in the organization of Soviet music bibliography. She initiated and later coordinated an ambitious project to create a multivolume reference catalog of foreign musical literature. Among her most notable works are: The bibliographic series "Foreign Literature on Music" (in collaboration with P. H. Kananov), published between 1962–1972, a reference work for researchers in the field. Contributions to the Library-Bibliographic Classification (BBK) system, developing methodological guides and classification tables for scientific libraries (especially on art, technology, and humanities topics). Articles on the organization of library activities, frequently published in the journal "Sovetskaya Bibliografiya" ("Soviet Bibliography").
