{"id":6244,"date":"2017-06-11T22:51:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T22:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/?page_id=6244"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:18:41","slug":"archival_resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/archival_resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Central and Regional Archives in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each of Ukraine\u2019s central and regional archives has its own webpage. The central archives have English-language web pages that contain useful information about collections, usage policies, hours of operation, etc. In addition, these webpages contain bibliographic information, such as lists of books and articles in special collections, published archival documents, and the latest archival research.<\/p>\n<h3>State Archival Service of Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.ua\/ua\/\">Archives of Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This portal serves as a gateway to a wide variety of information about Ukrainian archives: their organization, structure, services, publications, news, etc. The portal provides <a href=\"http:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Publicat\/Documents\/\">a bibliography of Ukrainian archival publications<\/a> beginning in the year 2001, with some materials available in full-text in PDF format.<\/p>\n<p>Another valuable research tool available via the portal is its <a href=\"http:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Rozsekr_mat\/Reestr_a_f.php\">guide to declassified documents of Ukraine. <\/a>(<em>Reestr rozsekrechenkykh fondiv).<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ukrainian central archives<\/h3>\n<h4>1) Tsentral&#8217;ny derzhavnyi arkhiv hromads&#8217;kykh ob&#8217;iednan\u2032 ta ukra\u00efniky [<em>Central State Archive of Public Organizations and Ucrainica (TsDAHOU of Ukraine)<\/em>]<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/tsdahou.archives.gov.ua\/\">Ukrainian Central Archives<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>TsDAHOU was formed in 2022 as a result of merging the Central State Archive of Public Organizations of Ukraine (TsDAHO) and the Central State Archive of Foreign Ucrainica (TsDAZU).<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ca02.php\">More information on Ukrainian Central Archives\u00a0<\/a> via the State Archival Service portal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Documents of the Communist Party of Ukraine represent the main body of this archive. It has 24 record groups, one of which contains the records of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Among them are the documents of the General Department (<em>Zahal\u2019nyi Viddil<\/em>) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, including minutes of meetings and correspondence of the Political Bureau, the Organizational Bureau, and the Secretariat of the Central Committee. Documents from the early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century provide detailed information about the activities of many Ukrainian political parties: the Socialist-Revolutionaries (<em>borot&#8217;bysty<\/em>); the Ukrainian Party of Socialist-Independists (<em>Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka partiia sotsialistiv-samostiinykiv<\/em>) (the so-called Independents &#8212; <em>nezalezhnyky<\/em>); the Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Federalists (<em>Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka partiia sotsialistiv<\/em>); the Ukrainian Communist Party (<em>Ukra\u0457n\u2019ska komunistychna partiia<\/em>); and the Communist Party of East Galicia (<em>Komunistychna partiia Skhidno\u0457 Halychyny<\/em>). The archive holds the comprehensive records of Jewish political parties and organizations in Ukraine, such as Bund, Komfarband, and Poalei Zion, including local committees of these parties and their youth organizations. The documents of the Ukrainian anarchists\u2019 movement under the leadership of Nestor Makhno are part of the collection. It also contains records related to the development of national culture in Soviet Ukraine in the 1920s, including numerous documents about the activities of Ukrainian national communists, such as O. Shyumskyi, M. Skrypnyk, M. Khvylovyi, and G. Lapchynskyi, and prominent Ukrainian scholars like M. Hrushevskyi, S. Efremov, and A. Kryms\u2019kyi. The archive contains a large collection of recently declassified documents pertaining to the tragic events of the 1930s: the collectivization and mass deportation of peasantry; the genocidal famine of 1932-33; and the political purges and mass terror of the 1930s. The archive\u2019s holdings include the records of the Museum of Ukraine&#8217;s Struggle for Independence (<em>Muzei yzvol\u2019noi borot\u2019by Ukrainy<\/em>) in Prague, which contain documents about the activities of Ukrainian \u00e9migr\u00e9s in the 1920s-1940s. Files related to World War II include a wide range of declassified documents detailing the activities of the Communist Party leaders of Ukraine, the Nazi occupation regime, the communist underground and partisan movement, and the Ukrainian nationalist movement. Records of the post-war period contain recently declassified files pertaining to the mass starvation in the republic in 1946-1947, the underground activities and armed resistance of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (<em>Orhanizats\u0457a Ukrayins&#8217;kykh Natsionalistiv<\/em> &#8212; <em>OUN<\/em>) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (<em>Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka Povstans\u2019ka Armiia <\/em>&#8212; <em>UPA<\/em>) in western Ukraine, the changes in ideological policies of the Communist Party, the dissident movement, and the relations between Ukraine\u2019s Communist Party apparatus and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (<em>Kommunisticheskaia partiia Sovetskogo Soiuza<\/em>) authorities in Moscow, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the policies of perestroika.<\/p>\n<p>The records of contemporary Ukrainian political parties and public associations are held in the archive, among them those of the People&#8217;s Movement of Ukraine (<em>Narodnyi Rukh Ukra\u0457ny)<\/em>, the Ukrainian Republican Party (<em>Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka respublikans\u2019ka partiia<\/em> &#8212; <em>URP<\/em>), the Democratic Party of Ukraine (<em>Demokratichna<\/em> <em>partiia<\/em> <em>Ukra\u0457ny -\u2013 DemPU<\/em>), the Socialist Party of Ukraine (<em>Sotsialistychna partiia Ukra\u0457ny<\/em>), and the Ukrainian Peoples\u2019 Party (<em>Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka narodna partiia<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The number of records groups \u2013 200; the number of files \u2013 285018.<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian-language archival guide is available online.<\/p>\n<p>Documents of the archives reflect the history of economic, political, and cultural development of foreign Ukrainians; giving us an opportunity to study the phenomenon of Ukrainian Diaspora as a unique peculiarity of culture and history of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The total volume of archival collections is 33 funds, 2464 storage units for the time period from 1554 up to 2010.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>2) Tsental\u2019nyi derzhavnyi arkhiv vyshchykh orhaniv vlady ta upravlinnia<\/strong> [<em><strong>Central State Archive of the Highest Organs of Government and Administration of Ukraine <\/strong><\/em>(<em>TsDAVO of Ukraine<\/em>)]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tsdavo.gov.ua\/\">Central State Archive of the Highest Organs of Government and Administration of Ukraine\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ca01.php\">More information on the Government and Administration of Ukraine Archives\u00a0<\/a> via the State Archival Service portal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The archive holds records of Ukraine\u2019s governmental institutions in the twentieth century. Its documents pertain to the revolution of 1917-1920, the Soviet period, and World War II. It includes the collection preserved in the so-called \u201cPrague archives\u201d that was later transferred to Ukraine. The collection includes numerous documents relating to the scholarly and cultural work of Ukrainian emigrants in the inter-war era.<\/p>\n<p>Among the governmental institutions represented in the archive are the Central Council of Ukraine (<em>Tsentral\u2019na rada<\/em>) (March 1917-April 1918), as well as the Ukrainian State led by Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi (<em>Ukra\u0457nska<\/em> <em>derzhava<\/em>) (April-November 1918), the Directorate of the People\u2019s Republic of Ukraine (<em>Dyrektoriia Ukra\u0457n\u2019sko\u0457 Narodno\u0457 Respubliki<\/em>) (November 1918-February 1919), and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or Ukrainian SSR (<em>Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka Radians\u2019ka Sotsialistychna Respublika<\/em>) (1917-1991).<\/p>\n<p>Some of the archive\u2019s unique documents dating from the period of the Ukrainian revolution of 1917-1920 include the Universal Decrees of the Central Council of Ukraine (<em>Tsentral\u2019na rada<\/em>), drafts of the constitution of the Ukrainian People&#8217;s Republic (<em>Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka Narodnia Respublika)<\/em> (1917), the Constitution of the Ukrainian State (<em>Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka derzhava<\/em>) (1918), the Act of Union West Ukrainian People&#8217;s Republic (<em>Zakhidnoukra\u0457ns\u2019ka Narodna Respublika<\/em> &#8212; <em>ZUNR),<\/em> and the Ukrainian People\u2019s Republic, dated January 22, 1919, along with documents of the ZUNR (1918-1920) and of the Zakarpattia Oblast (<em>Zakarpats\u2019ka oblast\u2019<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The Soviet period of modern Ukrainian history is represented in the archive by a wide variety of documents of the government of the Ukrainian SSR, as well as archival materials pertaining to manufacturing enterprises, trade unions, public associations, and religious organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The special collection of the \u201cPrague Archive\u201d is a unique set of documents relating to the scholarly and cultural work of Ukrainian emigrants during the period between the two world wars. Its files are sourced from the Ukrainian People\u2019s Republic\u2019s governmental institutions, military, organizations assisting emigrants, student and community organizations, publishers, \u00e9migr\u00e9 educational institutions and research institutes, as well as archives, museums, and libraries. In 1996, the archive acquired the collection of the Government-in-exile of the Ukrainian National Republic (<em>Uriad Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ko\u0457 Narodno\u0457 Respubliki v ekzyli<\/em>) (1946-1992), and in 1999, the documents of the Mission of the Ukrainian People\u2019s Republic in Switzerland (1919-1924).<\/p>\n<p>Documents of the World War II period constitute a significant part of the archive and include records of the occupation regime and authorities, including the headquarters of the Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories (<em>Reichsministerium f\u00fcr die<\/em> <em>besetzten Ostgebiete<\/em>) Alfred Rosenberg, the Reich Commissariat (<em>Reichskommissariat<\/em>), the General Commissariat (<em>Generalkommissariat<\/em>) of Ukraine, and others.<\/p>\n<p>The archive contains extensive documentation of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (<em>OUN<\/em>), and of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (<em>UPA<\/em>), as well as the testimonies of members of Soviet partisan and underground movements. Personal records include those of M. Hrushevsky, V. Vynnychenko, P. Skoropadsky, S. Petliura, H. Petrovsky, M. Khrushchov, V. Shcherbytsky, D. Antonovych, D. Doroshenko, S. Rusova, O. Teliga, M. Butovych, I. Ohienko, Iu. Kosach, M. Sadovsky, P. Tychyna, O. Dovzhenko, O. Korniychuk, O. Bohomolets, M. Strezesko, and many other prominent figures of modern Ukrainian history.<\/p>\n<p>This archive is updated annually with documents of the post-1991 activities of the presidents of Ukraine (L. Kravchuk and L. Kuchma), the Supreme Council (<em>Verkhovna Rada<\/em>), the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (<em>Kabinet ministriv Ukra\u0457ny<\/em>), and the various governmental ministries and the departments.<\/p>\n<p>Number of record groups: 3,330; number of files: 2,074,943<\/p>\n<h4><strong>3) Tsentral\u2019nyi dershavnyi istorychnyi arkhiv Ukrainy, m. Ky\u0457v<\/strong> [<em>Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Ky\u0457v (TsDIAK of Ukraine<\/em>)]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cdiak.archives.gov.ua\/index.php\">Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Kyiv<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ca03.php\">More information on the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine<\/a> via the State Archival Service portal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>TsDIAK is one of the oldest archival depositories in Ukraine, dating back to 1852, and contains documents from various periods of Ukrainian history. One very significant part of the archival collection dates from the Hetmanate (Hetmanshchyna) period, when Ukraine enjoyed political, economic, and cultural autonomy under Russian rule (1654-1764). Among the oldest documents in the archive are the manuscript of a 13th-century Gospel in Greek and a parchment charter dated back to 1369, written by Polish nobleman and statesman Otton z Pilczy (Ukr.: Otto s Pil\u2019che).<\/p>\n<p>The collection of the Ky\u0457v Archeographic Commission (Kyi\u0308vs\u02b9ka arkheohrafichna komisiia) holds some other early documents, including various charters from the 14th and 15th centuries. Among them are the privileges (special rights) granted by Lithuanian princes and Polish kings to Ukrainian nobility and cities, as well as universal decrees of Ukrainian hetmans and Russian tsars&#8217; rulings. The collection also holds 765 original seals and more than 30 coats of arms.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in the collection are manuscripts and imprints of Ukrainian and European origin. Among them are an incunabulum from Lyon (1454); paleotypes from Basel, Leipzig, and Stuttgart (early 1300s); the Ostrih Bible (Ostroz\u2019ka bibliia) \u2013 the first complete Bible in Church Slavonic from Ivan Fedorov\u2019s first printing shop (1581); the first edition of the Lithuanian Statutes (1588) (Polish: Statuty Litewskie); Grammar (Hramatyka) by Meletii Smotrytskyi (1648); a hagiography Pateryk (16th century); Pamva Berynda\u2019s dictionary (Leksykon) (early 1600s); Hryhorii Grabianka\u2019s Chronicle (Litopys) (1773); and Hryhorii Skovoroda\u2019s The Snake of Israel (Izra\u0457l\u2019skyi zmii) (18th century).<\/p>\n<p>One of the most noteworthy parts of the archive is its collection of documents from the cities of Central Ukraine, including court, magistrate, and governmental records. These diverse files dating from the beginning of the 16th century to the second half of the 18th century contain about one million documents in Old Ukrainian, Polish, and Latin. The collection of the headquarters (Kosh) of the New Zaporozhian Sich (Nova Zaporoz\u2019ka Sich), includes documents pertaining to the history of Ukrainian Cossacks in the late 17th and 18th centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the administrative-territorial system and the economic development of Central Ukraine and Sloboda Ukraine (Slobids\u2019ka Ukra\u0457na) from the 17th century onward can be found in the records of the General-Military Office (Heneral\u2019na viis\u2019kova kantseliar\u0457ia), the Malorosiyskyi First and Second Boards (Persha i druha moloroiis\u2019ka kolegii), the General Description of Central Ukraine, the Military Treasurer\u2019s Office (Kantslear\u0457ia viis\u2019koho skarbu), the General Military Court (Heneral\u2019nyi viis\u2019kovyi sud), and the regiment courts and offices.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s military history is represented by documents of the General Military Artillery\u2019s Chancellery (Kantseliar\u0457ia heneral\u2019no\u0457 viiskovo \u0457 artyler\u0457\u0457) and the Regimental and Governorship Chancelleries. Records of the Regent\u2019s offices (Namisnyctvo) of the Bratslav, Voznesensk, Ky\u0457v, Katerynoslav, Novgorod-Sivers\u2019kyi, Podillia, Kharkiv, and Chernigiv regions highlight the history of Ukraine in the second half of the 18th century.<\/p>\n<p>Records of the Ky\u0457v and Pereiaslav-Boryspil\u2019 consistories, the Ky\u0457v-Pecherska Lavra, the Ky\u0457v St. Sophia Cathedral, and other churches and monasteries provide information about church and monastery land ownership, property descriptions, religious education, land disputes, and construction. Metrical books of various confessions and church registers for towns and villages of the Ky\u0457v guberniya may be of interest to genealogical researchers. Personal records of prominent members of the Ukrainian and Polish nobility and magnates from Central Ukraine contain valuable information about all aspects of social, economic, political, cultural, and religious life between the 14th and early 20th centuries. Documents of the World War II period are a significant offering of the archive and include records of the occupation regime and authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Documents of Russian imperial administrative institutions of the 19th\u2013early 20th centuries comprise the main part of the archive. They include records of the Ky\u0457v, Podil, and Volyn governor-general offices, state ownership chambers, lustration commissions, and other institutions. They also contain documents pertaining to trade and industry development, socio-economic trends, preparation and adoption of the Peasant Reform of 1861 (the emancipation of serfs) in Ukraine, suppression of Polish uprisings against the Russian occupation in 1830-1831 and 1863-1863, and imperial reforms and policies in Ukraine in the late 19th century. Records of police and gendarmerie institutions, as well as the judiciary system highlight the history of political parties and organizations, revolutionary movements, and Ukrainian cultural movements in the second half of the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>The records of the Ky\u0457v Censorship Committee (Ky\u0457vs\u2019kyi tsenzurnyi komitet), the Ky\u0457v Censorship Office (Kantselariia ky\u0457vs\u2019koho okremnoho tsenzora), and the Ky\u0457v Provisional Committee on Print Affairs (Ky\u0457vs\u2019kyi tymchasovyi komitet u spravakh druku) contain numerous documents pertaining to the government\u2019s restrictive measures with regard to the usage and dissemination of Ukrainian language in the published works of Taras Shevchenko, Lesia Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Mykola Gogol, and other Ukrainian authors. The records of the Ky\u0457v and Kharkiv educational regional administrations, the Ky\u0457v Theological Seminary, the Ky\u0457v Lyceum, and the Kremenets Lyceum are some of the archival records that relate to the educational and cultural developments in the region. Other records contain valuable information for researching the history of science and culture of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Number of record groups: 1,428; number of files: 12,644,596<\/p>\n<h4><strong>4) Tsentral\u2019nyi derzhavnyi istorycnyi arkhiv, m. L&#8217;viv<\/strong> [<em>Central State Historical Archive in Lviv (TsDIAL)<\/em>]<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/tsdial.archives.gov.ua\/\">Central State Historical Archives in Lviv<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ca04.php\">More information on the Central State Historical Archives in Lviv<\/a> via the State Archival Service portal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Central State Historical Archive in Lviv holds a wide range of documents pertaining to the history of western Ukraine. Recently declassified documents about the period of Ukrainian struggle for liberation constitute an important part of the collection. These documents include files concerning the activities of the governments and armies of the Ukrainian National Republic (Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ka Narodna Respublika &#8212; UNR) and the West Ukrainian People&#8217;s Republic Zakhidnoukra\u0457ns\u2019ka Narodna Respublika \u2013 ZUNR) (f. 581); the record group of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (Ukra\u0457ns\u2019ki sichovi stril\u2019tsi &#8212; USS) (f. 353); the units of interned armies of the UNR in \u0141a\u0144cut (f. 753) and Kalisz (f. 673); and personal records of state, political, and military figures.<\/p>\n<p>The archive holds numerous records of Ukrainian cultural-educational institutions and organizations, including the Shevchenko Scientific Society (Naukove Tovarystvo im. Shevchenka) (f. 309), and other societies such as &#8220;Prosvita&#8221; (f. 348), the &#8220;Ridna Shkola&#8221; (f. 206), the &#8220;Halytsko-Rus\u2019ka matytsia\u201d (f. 148), and &#8220;Ukrainska Besida&#8221; (f. 514).<\/p>\n<p>This archive contains dozens of records of Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish, Armenian, and German associations and organizations\u2014women\u2019s, students\u2019, and cultural-recreational\u2014that attest to the long and rich history of coexistence and cooperation among various national cultures in Galicia. The archive also holds declassified records of Ukrainian, Polish, and Jewish political parties, paramilitary organizations, clubs, and professional associations, which shed light on the complexity of social and political life in the region before World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Personal records of Andrei Sheptyts\u2019kyi, Stepan Tomashivs\u2019kyi, Osyp Nazaruk, Kyrylo Studyns\u2019kyi, Yulian Romanchuk, and others are a valuable part of the archive.<\/p>\n<h4>5) Tsentral&#8217;ny derzhavnyi audiovizual&#8217;nyi ta elektronnyi arkhiv [<em>Central State Archive for Audiovisual and Electronic Materials (TsDAEA)<\/em>]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tsdaea.archives.gov.ua\/\">Central State Archive for Audiovisual and Electronic Materials\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The website has no English version, as of October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Before the reorganization in 2022, the TsDAEA was known under the name of Tsentral\u2019nyi derzhavnyi kinofotofonoarkhiv Ukra\u0457ny im. H.S. Pshenychnoho (TsDKFFA) [<em>Central State Archive of Film, Photo, and Phonographic Documents of Ukraine named after H. Pshenychnyi (TsDKFFA)<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ca05.php\">More information on the Central State Archive for Audiovisual and Electronic Materials\u00a0<\/a> via the State Archival Service portal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The archive holds more than 12,000 film documents dating from 1896-1999, including silent and sound documentaries, newsreels, feature films, and TV episodes. The earliest film documents are fragmentary episodes of Nicolas II\u2019s coronation in 1896, \u201cThe 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Poltava\u201d (1900), \u201cFlights of Aviator Utochkin in Kishinev\u201d (1911), and \u201cFuneral of A. Tereshchenko\u201d (1912). VUFKU (Vseukrainskoe fotokinopuravlenie) and Ukrakinokhronika newsreels and documentaries of the Ky\u0457v Feature Film Studio (Natsional\u2019na kinostudiia khudozhnikh filmiv) are invaluable documents of Ukrainian life in the 1920s and 1930s. The period of WWII is represented by various Soviet propaganda, including Soviet Ukraine (Radians\u2019ka Ukraina) and Nazi propaganda newsreels.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous film documents highlight all periods of Soviet society, including the destalinization period, the so-called thaw, and the mid-1980s glasnost and perestroika period. A number of Ukrainian documentaries from the 1990s explore mass deaths under Stalin, the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster, and other important topics of Ukrainian political and cultural life. Ukrainian society\u2019s recent history is represented by film documents created in independent Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The TsDKFFA also contains over 390,000 visual documents, dating from 1853-2004. Among the earliest are copies of T. Shevchenko\u2019s photographic portraits, photos of the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War of 1853-1856, and a photo album of pictures of Ky\u0457v taken in the second half of the 19th century. Numerous photo documents represent the 1917-1921 liberation movement in Ukraine, the establishment of Soviet power, the creation of the USSR, the activities of state authorities, and the development of science and culture in Soviet Ukraine. More than 6,000 photo documents highlight the events of WWII.<\/p>\n<p>The archive has a sizable collection of sound recordings, totaling more than 45,000 items. A group of recordings produced in 1900-1914 by the companies Zonophone Records, Stella Records, Beka Records, and Favourite Records are of great historical and cultural value. During the 1970s-1980s, the TsDKFFA audio collection was updated on a regular basis, mostly with recordings of the Soviet state company Melodiia Records. Recordings of prominent Ukrainian opera singers like I. Patorzhynskyi, V. Lytvynenko-Volgemut, I. Kozlovskyi, Z. Haidai, M. Hryshko, and A. Solovianenko are another significant part of the archive. The majority of the archive\u2019s phonographic documents are magnetic recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1998, TsDKFFA of Ukraine has been acquiring video documents. The first items were the following TV programs: Visti Tyzhnia (News Weekly), Vikna (Windows), Pisliamova (Afterword). These video documents reflect the social, economic, and cultural life of post-Soviet Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Total number of collection items: 440,000; number of film documents: 62,986; number of photo documents: 392,486; number of sound recordings: 23,072; number of video documents: 247<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/avd.archives.gov.ua\/\">catalog of the Central State Archive for Audiovisual and Electronic Materials<\/a> is available online.<\/p>\n<h3>Regional archives<\/h3>\n<p>Many (though not all) of Ukraine\u2019s regional state archives have their own websites that, like the central archives, are accessible through the web portal of the State Archival Service of Ukraine. The <a href=\"http:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/regional.php\">directory of regional archives<\/a> is also available in English.<\/p>\n<p>The links below were checked as working on November 3, 2023, but any of them might be not functioning occasionally without prior notice because of the power outages and missile attacks that Ukraine has been experiencing in the out-going war.<\/p>\n<h4>1) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0432 \u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u0420\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0456\u0446\u0456 \u041a\u0440\u0438\u043c (State Archive in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra01.php\">Information on the State Archive in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>2) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0412\u0456\u043d\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Vinnytsia oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra02.php\">Information on the State Archive of Vinnytsia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davio.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Vinnytsia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davio.gov.ua\/pub\/spf.pdf\">The list of archival collections containing information on repressive authorities for the period 1917-1991<\/a> (PDF document with descriptions)<\/p>\n<h4>3) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Volyn\u2019 oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra03.php\">Information on the State Archive of Volyn&#8217; oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/volyn.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Volyn&#8217; oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/volyn.archives.gov.ua\/elekt_archives\/opis\/\">Descriptions of the collection of the State Archive of Volyn&#8217; oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/volyn.archives.gov.ua\/elekt_archives\/elekt_spravi\/\">Selected documents of the State Archive of Volny&#8217; oblast <\/a>available online in scanned form<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/volyn.archives.gov.ua\/dostup_do_arh_inf_rep_org\/repres_organiv.php\">Descriptions of archival collections containing information on the communist regime&#8217;s repressive authorities<\/a> (list of links to scans of detailed descriptions)<\/p>\n<h4>4) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0414\u043d\u0456\u043f\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Dnipropetrovs\u2019k oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra04.php\">Information on the State Archive of Dnipropetrovs&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dp.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website of the State Archive of Dnipropetrovs&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dp.archives.gov.ua\/index.php\/digitized-documents\/opysy\">Descriptions of the archival collection of the State Archiev of Dnipropetrovs&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dp.archives.gov.ua\/index.php\/digitized-documents\/kartoteky\">Alphabetical lists of people deported from Ukraine in the 1940s<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dp.archives.gov.ua\/index.php\/digitized-documents\/metryka\">Metric records from the city of Dnipro<\/a> (Katerynoslav, Ekaterinoslav) and the region (late 19th-early 20th c.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dp.archives.gov.ua\/index.php\/digitized-documents\/golod-1921-1923\">Digitized collection of documents on the Famine of 1921-23<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>5) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0414\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0446\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Donets\u2019k oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra05.php\">Information on the State Archive of Donets&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dn.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website of the State Archive of Donets&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dn.archives.gov.ua\/fondy-ta-dovidkovyj-aparat-yaki-zalyshylysya-na-okupovanij-terytoriyi\/\">List of collections remaining under occupation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dn.archives.gov.ua\/fond-on-line\/\">Descriptions of individual fonds of the archival collection<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>6) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0416\u0438\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Zhytomyr oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra06.php\">Information on the State Archive of Zhytomyr oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zhytomyr.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Zhytomyr oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zhytomyr.archives.gov.ua\/?page_id=276\">Descriptions of archival collections before 1917<\/a> (currently in the process of migration, more will be available), <a href=\"https:\/\/zhytomyr.archives.gov.ua\/?page_id=2446\">descriptions of archives after 1917<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zhytomyr.archives.gov.ua\/?page_id=280\">Descriptions of the collections of metric records<\/a> for the Zhytomyr region<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zhytomyr.archives.gov.ua\/?page_id=362\">Other digitized lists<\/a> describing holdings<\/p>\n<h4>7) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0417\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0440\u043f\u0430\u0442\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Zakarpattia oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra07.php\">Information on the State Archive of Zakarpattia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dazo.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Zakarpattia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dazo.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/repres.pdf\">The list of archival holdings containing information on the repressive activities of the state authorities between 1917-1991<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dazo.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Putivnyk.pdf\">Guide to the collections of the State Archive of Zakarpattia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dazo.gov.ua\/elektronni-dovidkovi-informatsijni-vydannya\">Descriptions of archival collections of the State Archive of Zakarpattia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>8) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0417\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0437\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Zaporizhzhia oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra08.php\">Information on the State Archive of Zaporizhzhia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archivzp.gov.ua\/index.php\/uk\/\">Website for the State Archive of Zaporizhzhia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archivzp.gov.ua\/index.php\/uk\/?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=625\">Descriptions of archival collections of the State Archive of Zaporizhzhia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archivzp.gov.ua\/images\/pdf_files\/nda\/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85.PDF\">Guide to the collections of the State Archive of Zaporizhzhia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archivzp.gov.ua\/images\/pdf_files\/nda\/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3.PDF\">List of metric records for the State Archive of Zaporizhzhia oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archivzp.gov.ua\/images\/pdf_files\/nda\/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%94%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%20%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B2%20%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83.pdf\">Annotated guide to pre-Soviet holdings<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>9) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0406\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e-\u0424\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Ivano-Frankivs\u2019k oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra09.php\">Information on the State Archive of Ivano-Frankivs&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/if.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Ivano-Frankivs&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/if.archives.gov.ua\/e-arhiv\/\">Guide to the collections, catalog of metric records, and descriptions of the collections of the State Archive of Ivano-Frankivs&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>10) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u041a\u0438\u0457\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Kyiv oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra10.php\">Information on the State Archive of Kyiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dako.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Kyiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.dako.gov.ua\/\">Digital catalog of the holdings of the State Archive of Kyiv oblast before 1917<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More materials are supposed to be made available online in the <a href=\"https:\/\/opisi.dako.gov.ua\/site\/cfk\">E-archive of the State Archive of Kyiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>11) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u041a\u0456\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Kirovohrad oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra11.php\">Information on the State Archive of Kirovohrad oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dakiro.kr-admin.gov.ua\/\">Website of the State Archive of Kivrohad oblast<\/a> (only accessible with a Ukrainian IP address, VPN needed to access from other countries)<\/p>\n<h4><strong>12) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u041b\u0443\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Luhans\u2019k oblast)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra12.php\">Information on the State Archive of Luhans&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lg.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Luhans&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lg.archives.gov.ua\/pages\/fonds-publications.html#tab60\">Descriptions of individual collections for the State Archive of Luhans&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lg.archives.gov.ua\/pages\/fonds-publications.html#tab60\">Digitized copies of certain metric and marital records of the State Archive of Luhans&#8217;k oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>13) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u041b\u044c\u0432\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of L\u2019viv oblast)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra13.php\">Information on the State Archive of L&#8217;viv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archivelviv.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of L&#8217;viv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archivelviv.gov.ua\/%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%82%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%85%d1%96%d0%b2-%d1%84%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b4%d0%b8-%d0%be%d0%bf%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%b8-%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%ba%d1%83%d0%bc%d0%b5\/\">Lists and descriptions of archival holdings, by period for the State Archive of L&#8217;viv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>14) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u041c\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0457\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Mykolaiv oblast)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra14.php\">Information on the State Archive of Mykolaiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mk.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Mykolaiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mk.archives.gov.ua\/nda.html\">Descriptions and lists of archival holdings of the State Archive of Mykolaiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>15) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Odessa oblast)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra15.php\">Information on the State Archive of Odessa oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.od.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Odessa oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.od.gov.ua\/arhiv\/elektronnyj-arhiv-fondy-opysy-dokumenty\/\">Guides and descriptions of archival holdings for the State Archive of Odessa oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>16) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Poltava oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra16.php\">Information on the State Archive of Poltava oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poltava.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Poltava oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poltava.archives.gov.ua\/arkhivni-dokumenty\">Digitized guides and descriptions of archival holdings for the State Archive of Poltava oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>17) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0420\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Rivne oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra17.php\">Information on the State Archive of Rivne oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rv.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website on the State Archive of Rivne oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rv.archives.gov.ua\/ocifrovani-opisi\/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%B4\">Descriptions of holdings, by period for the State Archive of Rivne oblast <\/a>(pre-Soviet, Nazi occupation, Soviet)<\/p>\n<h4>18.\u00a0\u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0421\u0443\u043c\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Sumy oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra18.php\">Information on the State Archive of Sumy oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daso.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Sumy oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daso.archives.gov.ua\/wp-content\/earchives\/index.php\">Selected digitized holdings for the State Archive of Sumy oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>19) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0422\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u043f\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Ternopil oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra19.php\">Information on the State Archive of Ternopil oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/te.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Ternopil oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/te.archives.gov.ua\/index.php\/e-archiv\/2-uncategorised\/353-elektronnyi-chytalnyi-zal\">Selected digitized documents and descriptions of collections for the State Archive of Ternopil oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>20) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0425\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Kharkiv oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra20.php\">Information on the State Archive of Kharkiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.kh.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Kharkiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archives.kh.gov.ua\/?page_id=17947\">Guides to the archive for the State Archive of Kharkiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archives.kh.gov.ua\/?page_id=17959\">Descriptions of collections for the State Archive of Kharkiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.kh.gov.ua\/?page_id=17964\">Selected digitized documents for the State Archive of Kharkiv oblast\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>21) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0425\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Kherson oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra21.php\">Information on the State Archive of Kherson oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kherson.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Kherson oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kherson.archives.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Spysok_repres.doc\">The list of archival holdings with information on the repressive authorities (1917-1991)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kherson.archives.gov.ua\/fondy-ta-dovidkovyj-aparat\/oczyfrovani-dokumenty\/\">Digitized documents of the State Archive of Kherson Oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kherson.archives.gov.ua\/fondy-ta-dovidkovyj-aparat\/opysy-tom-2-fondy-r-1251-r-3000\/\">Descriptions of holdings for the State Archive of Kherson Oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kherson.archives.gov.ua\/fondy-ta-dovidkovyj-aparat\/martyrolog-represovanyh-osib\/\">List of repressed persons from the State Archive of Kherson oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>22) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0425\u043c\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Khme\u2019nytskyi oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra22.php\">Information on the State Archive of Khme&#8217;nytskyi oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahmo.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Khem&#8217;nytskyi oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>23) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0427\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0430\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Cherkasy oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra24.php\">Information on the State Archive of Cherkasy oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ck.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Cherkasy oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ck.archives.gov.ua\/?type=static&amp;p=publikac_portal\">Annotated lists of archival holdings and publications of archival documents for the State Archive of Cherkasy oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>24) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0427\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0432\u0435\u0446\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Chernivtsi oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra25.php\">Information on the State Archive of Chernivtsi oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cv.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Chernivtsi oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cv.archives.gov.ua\/dovidkoviy_aparat.html\">Archival guides and publications for the State Archive of Chernivtsi oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cv.archives.gov.ua\/dorad_fond.html\">Selected digitized documents for the pre-Soviet period and <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cv.archives.gov.ua\/rad_fond.html\">for the Soviet period <\/a><\/p>\n<h4>25) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u0427\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0433\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 (State Archive of Chernihiv oblast)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra26.php\">Information on the State Archive of Chernihiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.archives.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of Chernihiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/91.225.196.68\/\">Digitized descriptions of holdings and selected documents at the State Archive of Chernihiv oblast<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>26) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0430 \u041a\u0438\u0454\u0432\u0430 (State Archive of the City of Kyiv)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra27.php\">Information on the State Archive of the City of Kyiv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.kyivcity.gov.ua\/\">Website for the State Archive of the City of Kyiv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.kyivcity.gov.ua\/index.php\/dovidkovyi-aparat\/opysy\">Descriptions of archival holdings for the State Archive of the City of Kyiv\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.kyivcity.gov.ua\/index.php\/dovidkovyi-aparat\/opysy\/495\">Digitized metric records for the State Archie of the City of Kyiv<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>27) \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0456\u0432 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0430 \u0421\u0435\u0432\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044f (State Archive of the City of Sevastopol)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.archives.gov.ua\/Eng\/Archives\/ra28.php\">Information on the State Archive of the City of Sevastopol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The website of this regional archive currently does not work due to the occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tsdea.archives.gov.ua\/metric-books\/?arch_id=37\">Digital copies of metric records from the State Archive in the City of Sevastopol<\/a>\u00a0are available online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Each of Ukraine\u2019s central and regional archives has its own webpage. The central archives have English-language web pages that contain useful information about collections, usage policies, hours of operation, etc. In addition, these webpages contain bibliographic information, such as lists of books and articles in special collections, published archival documents, and the latest archival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":626,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6244"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16532,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6244\/revisions\/16532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}