Jewish documents in Russian Archives and How to find them
18
JULY
2012
The lecture is devoted to the analysis of the Russian archival system and methodology of research of Jewish documents, located in different Russian archives.
The first part – "theoretical" will include: general structure of Russian contemporary archival system (Federal, special and local archives), general classification of Jewish documents in Russian archives (state laws and decrees regarding legal status of Jews, state documents re Jewish communities and problems connected with them, documents of Jewish communities and Jewish organizations, personal collections, documents containing information about individual people or families in different archival collections), review of collections of Jewish documents in Federal archives (State Archive of Russian Federation, Russian State Historical Archive, Russian State Military-Historical Archive, Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, Russian State Archive of Social-political History, etc.) and in some special archives (Archives of the Foreign Policy, Archives of Ministries, etc.).
The second – "practical" part will contain useful methodological advices for those who try to research their roots and will include: sources and publications on Jewish documents in Russian archives, description of the necessary preparation for the archival research in Russia, methods of work in the Russian archives (specifics of work in Federal and local archives, practical advices).
| Speaker | Location |
|---|---|
|
Boris MOROZOV |
Seine A |
