The Archive of the President of the Russian Federation (russian: Архив Президента Российской Федерации) is a Russian state
archive established in 1991 and managed by the
Presidential Administration of Russia
The Presidential Executive Office of Russia or the Presidential Administration of Russia ( rus, Администрация Президента Российской Федерации, Administratsiya Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the ex ...
. It remains classified almost entirely and preserves records of the
President of Russia and
Presidential Administration of Russia
The Presidential Executive Office of Russia or the Presidential Administration of Russia ( rus, Администрация Президента Российской Федерации, Administratsiya Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the ex ...
, as well as documents of the highest organs of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
.
Since 1994,
Politburo
A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states.
Names
The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...
files and files from the Additional Central Committee have been transferred to the
Russian State Archive of Contemporary History.
Archives
Joseph Stalin
In June 1992, it was discovered that many papers written by
Joseph Stalin are kept by the Archive of the President of the Russian Federation. Along with documents, they have also been holding many telegraphs made by Stalin during the
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
.
The archive has been holding Stalin's "
Shooting lists" since March 2013.
Korean War
The archive has kept many documents and filings from the
Korean War.
References
External links
About the archive(in English)
Access to Russian Archives
State archives
Archives in Russia
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