The history of creation, organization and the results of activity of the Commission under the documents of its archival fund in the Central state historical archives of St. Petersburg are covered.

The most important stage in reorganization and activity of the former archives of the Maritime Ministry (Naval archive) after October 1917 is characterized.

The principles, criteria and practical factors of appraisal of scientific and technical documentation are analyzed; the ways of their improvement taking into account requirements of modern archival science are outlined.

The experience of creation of written and audiovisual documents for purposeful replenishment of funds of the state archives of the Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) region in the period from the 1970s to the present is summarized.

The main stages and results of acquisitions of photo and video documents to the archives of the administration of MOGO «Inta» are covered.

The results of verification of data of official statistics on the number of killed and wounded, made with the help of the office documentation stored in archives, are given.

The history of collecting of documents, their composition, information potential and prospects of use are elucidated.

The results of the analysis of fi les of 11 funds of courts of different parts of the judicial system of Udmurtia, characterizing the daily life of the urban and rural population of the region, the psychology of groups and individual members of society are set forth.

The activities of the archives on preservation and organization of the use of the documentary heritage of the district are shown.

The text of the report, preserved in the Russian state military archive, which comprehensively reveals the capture of Samara by beloczekhs on June 8, 1918, the situation in the city after the establishment of the Komuch government, its socio-economic policy, is published in its entirety.

The text of the note from the fund of the People’s Commissariat of the workers’ and peasants’ inspectorate in the State archives of the Russian Federation, which covers in detail the problems of Soviet cinematography of the 1920s and the relationship between the enlightenment and punitive bodies, is published for the first time.