Государственный архив новейшей истории Ставропольского края

Archive was established in 1936 as Northern Caucasus (Severno-Kaukaskiy) Kray Communist Party Archive. It held party documents from the region, created from the time of Revolution in 1917. In 1942, when German armies were approaching Stavropol, 42.490 archival items were evacuated to the town of Ashkhabad in the Turkmen Republic. Most of the other documents perished during the war. In the end of 1943 the Archive returned to Stavropol. In 1982 the Archive moved to a new building, specially constructed for its purposes, where it is located until today. In 1991 former Communist Party archive became a branch of the State Archive in Stavropol. In 2002 it was reestablished under its current name, State Archive of Contemporary History of Stavropol Kray.  

Archive holds collections of documents of the Communist Party, state and other political institutions of the Stavropol Kray from the period between 1920 and 2012. For the researchers of the World War II special interest are documents of the partisan headquarters of Stavropol Kray of the years 1941-1945. Archive holds documents on the war activity of all main local party and state institutions, as well as the Soviet armies active in the area, army mobilization of the citizens.  

Archive holds collection of documents of the Communist Party and state institutions from Stavropol Kray from the period between 1920 and 2012.  

Researchers need to come with ID document and letter from their home Institution stating purpose of their work. Researcher may order up to 20 archival folders at one time.