State Archive of the Russian Federation

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State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF)
Agency overview
Formed 1992
Preceding Agency Central State Archive of the October Revolution
Central State Archive of RSFSR
Jurisdiction Government of Russia
Agency executive Sergei Vladimirovich Mironenko, Director
Parent Agency Ministry of culture (Federal Archival Agency)
Website
www.statearchive.ru

The State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF) (Russian: Государственный архив Российской Федерации (ГАРФ)) is a large Russian state archive managed by Rosarkhiv (The Federal Archival Agency of Russia), which preserves official documents of the Russian Provisional Government (1917), Soviet Russia as independent state (1917-1922) and as territorial entity of the USSR (1923-1991), Soviet Union (1922-1991), Russian Federation (since 1992) as well as many other sources. It was established in Moscow in 1992 and acquired collections of the Central State Archive of the October Revolution (Russian: Центральный государственный архив Октябрьской революции, высших органов государственной власти и органов государственного управления (ЦГАОР СССР)) (founded in 1920)[1] and the Central State Archive of the Russian SFSR (Russian: Центральный государственный архив РСФСР (ЦГА РСФСР)) (founded in 1957).[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Naumov V. P., The Central state archive of the October Revolution (1920-1992), (Russian: Центральный государственный архив Октябрьской революции (1920-1992), in History of the State archive of Russian Federarion (documents, articles, reminiscences). P. 158
  2. ^ Iofis G. N., The Central state archive of RSFSR (1957-1992), (Russian: Центральный государственный архив РСФСР (1957-1992), in History of the State archive of Russian Federarion (documents, articles, reminiscences). P. 211

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References[edit]

  • Mironenko S. V. (ed.), History of the State archive of Russian Federarion (documents, articles, reminiscences), Russian: История Государственного архива Российской Федерации (документы, статьи, воспоминания), Moscow, Rosspen. 2010. ISBN 978-5-8243-1473-1

Coordinates: 55°43′58″N 37°34′27″E / 55.7329°N 37.5742°E / 55.7329; 37.5742

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