Государственный архив Краснодарского края

State Archive of Krasnodar Kray was created in 1941, by unification of two local archives: Historical Archive and Archive of the October Revolution. Basis of first archive were documents of the Black Sea Military Archive that was brought to Kuban (Krasnodar) region together with resettlement of Zaporozhe Cossacks into the area. Cossacks military organization was recreated in the new home and fastly it produced new documentation. It was for the first time organized and placed in separate building in the year 1834. Following 1917 revolution the new archive was formed to collect documents from the revolutionary and Soviet period. Second World War started shortly after unification of the both archives. They were evacuated to the eastern parts of the country and many documents were lost. State Archive of Krasnodar Kray was recreated only in 1953 when it received part of the building at Krasnoarmeyska Str. 37. In 1976 the archive received new building at Stavropolskaya Str. 151 A, where it is located until today. In 1997 the archive started to introduce computer indexation of its resources.  

Researchers may order copies of the researched documents. Copies are made in one week time from the order. Researcher may order from 5 to 10% of the content of particular folder.  

Archival resources are divided into two main collections, first encompassing pre-revolutionary period before 1917 and second one, documenting soviet times. Both of the collections are covering history of the Krasnodar region.  

Archival collections are covering period between 1792 and early 2000s and refer mainly to the history of Krasnodar region.