Archives and Manuscript Collections in Russia

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Institute names in English
Institute Adresses

A. Bibliography of General Archival Reference Literature

• Institutional Directories
• Bibliographies, Catalogues, and Directories of Specific Types of Sources
• Archival Sources for Subject-Area Research
• Archival Literature, Administrative Histories, and Related Reference Aids

B. Federal Archives Under Rosarkhiv

• Gosudarstvennyi arkhiv Rossiiskoi Federatsii (GA RF)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv drevnikh aktov (RGADA)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi istoricheskii arkhiv (RGIA)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi voenno-istoricheskii arkhiv (RGVIA)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv Voenno-Morskogo Flota (RGAVMF)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv ekonomiki (RGAE)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv literatury i iskusstva (RGALI)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi voennyi arkhiv (RGVA)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv kinofotodokumentov (RGAKFD)
• Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv sotsial'no-politicheskoi istorii (RGASPI)

C. Archives Under Major Federal Agencies

• Arkhiv vneshnei politiki Rossiiskoi Imperii (AVPRI)
• Gosudarstvennyi fond kinofil'mov RF (Gosfil'mofond/GFF)
• Rossiiskaia knizhnaia palata (RKP)

D. Local State Archives in Moscow and St. Petersburg

• Tsentral'nyi munitsipal'nyi arkhiv Moskvy (TsMAM)
• Tsentral'nyi istoricheskii arkhiv Moskvy (TsIAM)
• Tsentral'nyi gosudarstvennyi arkhiv Moskovskoi oblasti (TsGAMO)
• Arkhivnoe upravlenie Sankt-Peterburga i Leningradskoi oblasti (AU SPbiLO)
• Tsentral'nyi gosudarstvennyi arkhiv Sankt-Peterburga (TsGA SPb)
• Tsentral'nyi gosudarstvennyi istoricheskii arkhiv Sankt-Peterburga (TsGIA SPb)
• Tsentral'nyi gosudarstvennyi arkhiv literatury i iskusstva Sankt-Peterburga (TsGALI SPb)

F. Archival Holdings of Independent Trade Unions, Social, and Religious Organizations

• Nauchno-informatsionnyi i prosvetitel'skii tsentr "Memorial" (NIPTs Memorial")

G. Archives and Manuscript Holdings in Libraries

• Rossiiskaia gosudarstvennaia biblioteka (RGB)
• Nauchnaia biblioteka im. A. M. Gor'kogo Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta im. M. V. Lomonosova (NB MGU)
• Rossiiskaia natsional'naia biblioteka (RNB)
• Biblioteka Akademii nauk Rossii (BAN)
• Nauchnaia biblioteka im. M. Gor'kogo Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta (NB SPbGU)
• Sankt-Peterburgskaia gosudarstvennaia teatral'naia biblioteka (SPbGTB)
• Nauchno-tekhnicheskaia biblioteka Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta putei soobshcheniia (NTB PGUPS)
• Fundamental'naia biblioteka Voenno-meditsinskoi akademii (Biblioteka VMedA)

H. Archives and Manuscript Holdings of Museums

• Gosudarstvennyi Istoricheskii muzei (GIM)