Государственный архив новейшей истории Ставропольского края
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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.