Государственный архив Орловской области

Archive was established in 1920 as the Orel Gubernial Archive. In 1934, due to the administrative reorganization of the Soviet State Archives it became local branch of the Kursk Oblast Archival Authority. In included pre-1917 documents from the Orel Oblast as well as ones created in post-revolutionary period. In 1937 due to the next administrative reorganization of the Soviet State, Orel Oblast was created, and its archive was divided into two institutions: Orel Oblast Historical Archive with documents from period before 1917 and Archive of October Revolution with the documents from 1917 and after. Both archives were reunited into the one State Archive in 1941. In the same year, due to the German invasion most of the documents of the archive were evacuated to the town of Volsk in Saratov Oblast and town of Uralsk in Western Kazakhstan Oblast. 90% of the remaining documents were destroyed, some of the most valuable ones, were taken to Germany. State Archive of the Orel Oblast was reestablished in 1944. It was moved to the new building in 1964.  

Archive is providing full reproduction service. For the price list see: http://www.gosarchiv-orel.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=29  

Archive holds 6 824 record groups, encompassing 1 304 801 archival folders. Two oldest collections of the archive are referring to the local administration, legal decisions and feudal structure of Czarist Russia, from the years 1614-1752, and 1686-1896. Other documents from pre-revolutionary period are referring to the political, social, religious and cultural history of the province. Documents from 1917 and post-revolutionary period refer to the most important political and social processes taking place in the province, such as collectivization and industrialization. Archive has a big collection referring to the history of World War II and German occupation of the province (e.g. partisan groups, letters from the war front, newspapers, leaflets, German administration, war atrocities)  

Archive holds documents from Oryol region from the period between 1614 to present.  

Access to the archival reading room is provided on the basis of the prior application of the potential guest. Academic researchers or other professionals are required to provide letters from their institutions stating subjects and objectives of their work in the archive.