The State Archives of the Soviet Union have been inherited by the

post-Soviet states The post-Soviet states, also referred to as the former Soviet Union or the former Soviet republics, are the independent sovereign states that emerged/re-emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Prior to their independence, they ...

. They include:

National and special archives

* National Archives of Armenia * National Archive Department of Azerbaijan * National Archives of Belarus * National Archives of Estonia * National Archives of Georgia * Lithuanian Special Archives * State Archive of the Russian Federation * State Archive Service of Ukraine

Lists of archives

* List of archives in Armenia * List of archives in Azerbaijan * List of archives in Estonia * History of archives of Lithuania * List of archives in Russia * List of archives in Ukraine {{incomplete list, date=December 2021