RGIA

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RGIA is the abbreviated name for the Russian State Historical Archive, one of Russia’s largest repositories of documents on the country’s political, social, and cultural history.

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instanceOf archive
abbreviation RGIA NERFINISHED
accessPolicy open to researchers
alsoKnownAs Russian State Historical Archives NERFINISHED
city St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
collectionType government records
historical documents
institutional records
personal papers
country Russia
focus cultural history of Russia
political history of Russia
social history of Russia
fullName Russian State Historical Archive NERFINISHED
governingBody Federal Archival Agency of Russia NERFINISHED
holdsRecordsOf Russian Empire central institutions
imperial committees and commissions
imperial ministries
nobility and aristocratic families
religious institutions
languageOfMaterials Russian
other European languages
locatedIn St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
materialType correspondence
manuscripts
maps
official documents
photographs
plans
nativeName Российский государственный исторический архив NERFINISHED
predecessor St. Petersburg Central Historical Archive NERFINISHED
primaryUsers archivists
cultural heritage researchers
genealogists
historians
students
sector cultural heritage institution
research infrastructure
significance major repository for Russian cultural history
major repository for Russian political history
major repository for Russian social history
one of Russia’s largest historical archives
timePeriodCovered 18th century
19th century
early 20th century

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