Русский государственный архив экономики

Russian State Archive of the Economy (formerly Central State Archive of the National Ecomocy of CCCP) was established in 1961. Its predecessor was small Leningrad (Petersburg) archive active in 1936-1941, that contained resources from various state ministries referrering to the economical life of the Russian Empire prior to the 1917 revolution. In 1961, after restructurization of the Central and Regional Branches of the Archives of October Revolution, on the basis of their resources refering to the economical life of the Soviet State, Central State Archive of the National Ecomocy of CCCP was established. Is creation was the effect of the reorganization and decentralization of the soviet economy in 1957 and after, when many central ministerial branches in Moscow were liquidated (their tasks were moved to provincial centers) and their documents needed to be collected and stored in the archives. Archive was restructurized and received its current name, Russian State Archive of the Economy, in 1992.  

Acrhive contains 1945 research groups containing around 3,7 million of archival folders. The most important documents are: documents of Central Soviet State Economic Planning Agency (Gosplan), National Economy Soviets, Industry, Economy and Finance Ministries from the years 1921-1991. Archive contains also 377 additional Research Groups of famous Soviet State economists, economy planners and ministers.  

Archive contains documents referring to the various aspects of economical life of the Russian Empire (pre 1917) and Soviet State.