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ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: D-18

Last update of repository: 7 December 2020

Tsentral'nyi gosudarstvennyi arkhiv literatury i iskusstva Sankt-Peterburga (TsGALI SPb)


Access & Facilities

Access
Most of the formerly classified materials through 1963 have been declassified, so only a very few materials from the pre-1963 period remain closed.

Working conditions
Researchers have access to opisi of all processed fonds, copies of which are housed in the reading room. Orders may be placed for up to 5 opis' and 10 files at one time, which are delivered within 3 working days. For more details see British guide: Russian & Ukrainian Archives Guide available electronically: https://research.reading.ac.uk/archiv....

Copy facilities
Facilities for xerox, photographs, microfilm, and scan are available.

Reference facilities
The website has an annotated list of all fonds and opisi within some opisi with scanned image at: https://spbarchives.ru/infres/-/archi....
        In addition to opisi, researchers have access to systematic, name, and geographic card catalogues, and also a card file on the history of cultural institutions in Petersburg. Researcher access to reference information facilities that are normally for staff use only is possible with the permission of the director.

Library facilities
Access to the scientific reference library (ca. 10,000 volumes) is possible by permission of the director.


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