The State Archival Service of Ukraine or Ukrderzharkhiv is a Ukrainian government agency that implements state policy regarding the keeping of archives and record, function of state system of documentation security fund as well as an inter-trade coordination on matters within its competence. In 2010, the service was reorganised based on the State Committee of Archives (DerzhKomArchiv). The agency is part of the

Ministry of Justice of Ukraine The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство юстиції України) is the main body in the system of central government of Ukraine that regulates state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as "Мinjust" f Ukraine It ...

since 1999. Between 1947 and 1960, it belonged to the

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

. Ukrderzharkhiv has been a member of the

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since 1956.

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Ukrainian archives are among the least accessible in Europe, as archives do not publish their catalogs online, and there is no state program for this as of 2017. Archives are often overloaded with visitors. Waiting time to access documents in reading room could reach several weeks and occasionally months. Most of the staff speak Ukrainian or Russian only. Some of the Western archives have personnel that can speak Polish and occasionally Romanian, Moldavian and English. So far it seems that the State Archives of Odesa Oblast is the only one where personnel can speak English. Over the years there have been some international programs for scanning collections. The

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had some successful programs.

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used to work in Ukraine from 1993 to 2011, however the contract was dropped by the

Government of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

when president

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Di ...

came to power. His new chief of Ukrderzharkhiv and a member of the

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, Olha Hinzburh, proclaimed that "Ukrainian archives are to open for everyone". During 18 years of successful collaboration FamilySearch digitised many collections and made them available online. Due to their agreement with the Government of Ukraine, these records (unlike similar records from other areas) are only available in person at a

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. FamilySearch has tried to get permission to make the records available online, but efforts have been refused by the Ukrderzharkhiv. In general, Ukrainian archives struggle of poor state support and strong corruption. Putting documents online will drop illegal income for many archives officials and so they block it. In 2003, Ukraine had lost one of the most valuable collections of Ukrainian

Podilia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

1795–1900 during the fire in

Kamianets-Podilskyi Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...

archive. In 2014, Ukraine lost the Crimea, Donestk and Luhansk archives. Most of the present archives stored in old buildings without fundamental storage facilities. Some of the buildings do not even have heating in winter. There were a number of rumors about stealing precious documents from state archives. Some of them were available on international auctions like

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. Most notable cases were in Lviv and Kharkiv archives. It is not clear of how many documents were stolen and absent at the moment.

Previous names

* 1921–1923: Main Archive Administration of the People's Commissariat of Education of the Ukrainian SSR * 1923–1938: Central Archive Administration (

Central Executive Committee of Ukraine All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee ( uk, italic=yes, Всеукраїнський центральний виконавчий комітет) was a representative body of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets. It was the supreme legislative ...

) * 1938–1939: under direct jurisdiction of the Main Archive Administration of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union * 1939–1941: Archive department of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR * 1941–1941: Archive Administration of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR * 1941–1947: Administration of State Archives of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR ** 1941–1943: evacuation to the city of

Zlatoust Zlatoust ( rus, Златоуст, p=zlətɐˈust) is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ay River (in the Kama basin), west of Chelyabinsk. Population: 181,000 (1971); 161,000 (1959); 99,000 (1939); 48,000 (1926); 21,000 (19 ...

* 1947–1960: Administration of State Archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR * 1960–1974: Archive Administration of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR * 1974–1992: Main Archive Administration of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR * 1992–1999: Main Archive Administration of the

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

* 1999–1999: Main Archive Administration of Ukraine * 1999–2010: * 2010–present: State Archival Service of Ukraine

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* 1948–1969: * 1969–1988: * 1988–1996: * 1996–1998: N. Kystruska * 1998–2002: Ruslan Pyrih * 2002–2006: * 2006–2008: * 2008–2009: * 2009–2014: Olha Hinzburh * 2014–2019:

Tetyana Baranova Tetyana Ivanivna Baranova ( uk, Тетяна Іванівна Баранова; 26 October 1955 – 8 January 2022) was a Ukrainian lawyer. She was head of the State Archive Service of Ukraine The State Archival Service of Ukraine or Ukrderzha ...

* 2019–present:

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