Archive is operating on the basis of: - Law of the Volgograd Oblast"On Archival work in Volgograd Oblas" from 31 of December 2009, № 1981-ОД -"Laws of Securing, Completition, Registry and Usage of the Documents from the Archival Fond of the Russian Federation and other Archival Documents on the Goverenment and Municipial Archives, Museums, Libraries and Institutions of the Russian Academy of Science". These Law was approved by the Order of the Minstry of Culture and Mass Communication of the Russian Federation from 18 of January 2007, № 19 These documents are acessible online: http://volga.rusarchives.ru/info.shtml