A.S. Lappo-Danilevsky circle of archivists: contribution to the development of archival thought (to the 100^th anniversary of its foundation), V.S. Sobolev, T.I. Khorkhordina

Based on the 68 minutes of the circle’s meetings from June 14, 1920 to April 18, 1924, preserved in the St. Petersburg branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the history of its activities, the desire to preserve non-partisanship and independence from official authori-ties, including the Glavarchiv, are analyzed; the contribution of Petrograd archivists to the development of theoretical issues of archival science are shown.

A.S. Lappo-Danilevsky circle of archivists, minutes of meetings, State archive of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, G.A. Knyazev, A.I. Lebedev.
 

State control over compliance with the legislation on archival affairs in the Yaroslavl region, S.Yu. Lezgovko

The experience of law enforcement practice accumulated since 2014 by the Archives admini-stration of the Government of the Yaroslavl region is summarized. It is proposed to legislate an exhaustive list of types of state control (supervision) at the levels of its implementation, as well as criteria for which the powers of the Russian Federation in the field of federal state control (supervision) can be delegated to the regional level by concluding agreements between the Federation and the subjects on the basis of decisions taken by the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation.

State control over compliance with legislation on archival affairs, prevention of violations of mandatory requirements, law enforcement practice, transfer of powers to exercise state control (supervision) from the federal to the regional level.
 

Documents of the Russian state archive of socio-political history on the persecution of Nazi criminals and their accomplices in the USSR in 1942–1947, D.S. Agafonov, S.M. Solovyov

The article presents a set of documents from the RGASPI fonds included in the Rosarkhiv project «Crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices against the civilian population of the USSR during the Great Patriotic war of 1941–1945», which reflects the adoption of political decisions on the prosecution of war criminals, the organization of judicial and investigative proceedings, and the personal role of the Soviet party and state leadership in these issues.

Extraordinary state commission (ChGK), Nuremberg trials, trials in Soviet cities over the Nazis and their accomplices, archival project «Crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices against the civilian population of the USSR during the Great Patriotic war of 1941–1945», Rosarchiv, Russian state archive of socio-political history.
 

Documents of federal archives on the «arrest» of the manuscript of V.S. Grossman’s novel «Life and fate» (1960–1962), E.Yu. Kolobov

The article considers a set of archival documents from the RGANI and RGALI fonds related to the rejection of the manuscript of the novel by the editorial board of the journal «Znamya» in December, 1960 for ideological reasons, which was later seized by state security officers. A number of documents (notes of the Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee M.A. Suslov, a version of Grossman’s letter to N.S. Khrushchev, and the protocol of the search in the writer’s apartment) are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.

manuscript, censorship, journal «Znamya», novel «Life and fate», Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Central Committee of the CPSU, KGB of the USSR, Russian State Archive of Contemporary History, Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts, V.S. Grossman, V.M. Kozhevnikov, M.A. Suslov, N.S. Khrushchev, A.N. Shelepin.
 

Dalnekonstantinovsky municipal archive of the Nizhny Novgorod region, T.A. Bogdanova

The main stages of formation and development of the archive since 1929 are distinguished, its current state, personnel, material and technical base, and areas of work, including providing remote access of users to archival documents, are elucidated.

archive’s acquisitions, use of archival documents, archival sector of the Department of organizational, legal and personnel work of the Dalnekonstantinovsky municipal district Administration of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
 

«…Granted to Ivanovskaya square». Chronological records of the clerks Shanturovs of the 17^th century, A.P. Bogdanov

The full text of one of the unique monuments of the Russian chronicles of the XVII century, partially introduced into scientific circulation by M.N. Tikhomirov and entitled by the acade-mician as «Memorial records of a clerk», is published for the first time. This publication establishes that the chronicle was compiled by two areal clerks, descendants of the nobleman Grigory Shanturov, who were not in the staff of the Moscow Prikazes, and reflects the events from 1646 to 1696.

chronological records, clerks working on squares, services of boyar sons, Ivanovskaya square, Russo-Polish war of 1654–1667, Russo-Swedish war of 1656–1658, revolt of Razin, Russian-Turkish war of 1673–1681, Moscow uprising of 1682, I.D. Belyaev’s collection, Department of Manuscripts of the Russian State Library, M.N. Tikhomirov, Shanturovs.
 

«…The principal working class of the country was harshly pushed back from participation in the revolution». M.A. Spiridonova’s address to the Western European workers (July 28, 1920), Ya.V. Leontyev

A document that offers a left-socialist alternative to the Bolsheviks, created by the leader of the left SRs M.A. Spiridonova, during the least studied period of her being in illegal status, is introduced into scientific circulation. The history of its transmission for publication in the West is reconstructed.

party of socialists-revolutionaries, leader of the left SRs, underground, appeal to Western European workers, State archive of the Russian Federation, E. Goldman, M.I. Goldsmith, M.A. Spiridonova.
 

«This is not poetry from our usual point of view». RGALI documents on the relationship between the poet K.A. Nekrasova and writers’ organizations (1946–1954), V.A. Antipina

The published archival documents, identified in the fonds of RGALI, cover little-known pages of the biography of K.A. Nekrasova, help clarify the circumstances associated with the attempt of the poetess to join the Union of Soviet writers of the USSR.

Board of the Union of Soviet writers of the USSR, Literary Fonds of the USSR, candidate for the SSP, member of the SSP, financial assistance, employment, Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts, K.A. Nekrasova.