State Archive of Bryansk Oblast, together with its two branches, is a separate legal institution, operating on the basis of decision nr. 885 from 3 October 2011 and decision nr. 2295 from 13 October 2011. State Archive of Bryansk Oblast operates on the basis of federal laws issued by the Russian Federation: - Federal law from 22 October 2004, Nr. 125-FЗ"On the archives activity in the Russian Federatio" (with ammendments from 11 February 2013) (full law: http://www.edou.ru/enc/docs/detail.php?ID=2468) - Law of the Bryansk Oblast from 29 November 2007"On the archives activity in the Bryansk Oblas" (with amendments from 2 February 2012) (http://archive-bryansk.ru/zbo) -"Laws of organization, preservation, acquisition, registration and usage of documents of the Russian Federation archival resource in the state and municipal archives, libraries and branches of the Russian Academy of Scienc" from 19 January 2007 (nr. 19), amended 16 February 2009 (nr. 68). (http://www.rusarchives.ru/lows/pohkuidaf.shtml) -"Regulations concerning users and readers in the reading rooms of state archives of the Russian Federatio" from 6 July 1998, nr. 51. (http://www.rusarchives.ru/lows/pravila.shtml)