Research in Moscow Archives

[June Farris]

Dear Professor Alexandrov,

You may wish to look at a new (free) database at this link: 
http://guides.eastview.com/search/basic/BasicSearch.html?enc=eng
    * 
<http://guides.eastview.com/search/basic/BasicSearch.html?enc=eng>Guides to 
Russian Archives/ Putevolditeli po rossiiskim arkhivam, a joint project of 
Rosarkhiv (Russian Federal Archival Agency), the Slavic Section of the 
University of Kansas Library, and East View Information Services, provides 
a full-text searchable database of more than 60 Russian federal and 
regional archival guides published between 1987-2004.
This will have some detailed information about RGALI, at least.

This site will have some information about GARF finding aids: 
http://content.cdlib.org/view;jsessionid=syDltIyM71fdxy8L?docId=tf1q2n9845&chunk.id=c01-1.7.5.4

Hope this helps a bit.
Best wishes,
June Farris




At 01:18 PM 12/20/2006, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I have two questions about doing research in TsIAM, GARF and RGALI.
>
>Has anyone tried hiring a researcher in Moscow to do a preliminary search of
>these archives' holdings on a particular topic prior to going to Moscow?
>The aim would be to try to get some sense of what might be in the archives
>in order to plan a trip.  I'd be grateful for any advice or leads.
>
>Has anyone used the services of Praxis Internationl (formerly the Center for
>the Study of Russia and the Soviet Union) to arrange a research trip to
>Moscow archives?  Are there other organizations of this type?  I'd be
>grateful for any evaluations and suggestions.
>
>Please respond off-list to vladimir.alexandrov at yale.edu
>
>With thanks in advance for your help,
>
>Vladimir Alexandrov
>Slavic Department
>Yale University
>
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June Pachuta Farris
Bibliographer for Slavic, East
European and Eurasian Studies and
Bibliographer for General Linguistics
Room 263 Regenstein Library
University of Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois  60637
jpf3 at uchicago.edu
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1-773-702-6623 (fax) 

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