St. Petersburg (Petrograd) provincial scientific archival commission in 1912–1918, A.G. Rumyantsev

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.

St. Petersburg archaeological Institute, St. Petersburg (Petrograd) provincial scientific archival commission, Union of Russian archival actors, Central state historical archives of St. Petersburg.
 

Naval archive in 1918–1925, Yu.T. Vartanyan

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

Central archives of the Navy and Maritime department, the 2-nd department of the Naval section of the Unified state archival fund, Russian State archives of the Navy, G.A. Knyazev, A.I. Lebedev.
 

About refining of the estimative parameters in the appraisal of scientifi c and technical documentation, A.G. Chereshnya

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.

scientific and technical documentation, criteria of appraisal of documents, appraisal, practical factors of the value of documents.
 

Practice of initiative documenting in the state archives of the Nizhny Novgorod region, E.K. Krinitsyna

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.

initiative documenting, acquisitions of archives, audiovisual documents, survey, state archives, Nizhny Novgorod region.
 

Acquisitions of audiovisual documents in the archives of the administration of the municipal formation city district «Inta», O.B. Pokatovich

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

acquisitions of archives, audiovisual documents, general secretariat of the Administration of the municipal formation city district «Inta».
 

Documents of the Central state historical archives of St. Petersburg on the victims of 9 January 1905, A.I. Petrov

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.

January 9, 1905, victims of the «Bloody Sunday», First Russian revolution, Central state historical archives of St. Petersburg.
 

Documents of the Perm state archives of socio-political history on the stay of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich in Perm and his death, S.V. Neganov, I.V. Papulov

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

memories, kidnapping and execution of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, Executive Committee of the Perm province, Perm police, Perm provincial extraordinary commission, Perm district Istpart, Perm state archive of socio-political history, N.N. Zhonson.
 

Judicial investigation dossiers in the funds of the Central state archives of the Udmurt Republic as a source on the history of everyday life of 1917–1920, O.I. Vasilyeva

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.

judicial investigation dossiers, history of daily life, Central state archives of the Udmurt Republic.
 

Archives of the Volgodonsk district of the Rostov region, L.M. Chuprikova

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

acquisitions of archive, use of archival documents, sector of archival work of the administration of the Volgodonsk district of the Rostov region.
 

«The triumph of the Samara white guard kholops and bourgeois traitors will end for them with horror…». Report of the Supreme military Inspectorate of the Red army «Czechoslovaks in Samara». No later than July 1918, N.A. Myshov

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.

Czechoslovakian corps, defense and capture of Samara, repressions of beloczekhs, Committee of the members of the constituent assembly (Komuch), Supreme military inspection of RKKA, Russian state military archives, V.V. Kuybyshev, N.I. Podvoysky.
 

«…The work was disrupted by the mass operation carried out by OGPU». Note of the Deputy People’s Commissar of education of RSFSR V.N. Yakovleva to the senior assistant of the Prosecutor of the Republic N.V. Krylenko in defense of the accused fi lm industry workers (1927), O.I. Kapchinsky

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.

«Case of Goskino-Proletkino», People’s Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR, Economic administration of OGPU, Central archives of FSB of Russia, State archives of the Russian Federation, N.V. Krylenko, V.N. Yakovleva.