Archival Organization and Management in the Kalmyk ASSR, 1962-1980
https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2021-55-3-488-500
Abstract
Introduction. In the article, the author examines the history of archives in Kalmykia within the 1962-1980 chronological framework. In 1962, the Archive Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the KASSR and the State Archives of the Republic were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Council of Ministers of the KASSR; and in 1980, the Archive Department under the Council of Ministers of the Kalmyk ASSR was reorganized into the Archive Department of the Council of Ministers of the Kalmyk ASSR. The article aims at examining the history of archives and archiving in this period, focusing on the impact of changes in the administrative-territorial division of the Republic on the formation of a network of archival institutions in Kalmykia. This has involved the study of issues of archival acquisition in the state archives, methods of preservation of archival records at the stage of departmental storage and in the state archives, and the use of archival documents for the purposes of national economic and scientific research. Data and research methods. The sources for the research were archival records of the National Archives of the Republic of Kalmykia, many of which are introduced for the first time. Results. The study indicates that the period under consideration saw radical changes in the archival organization in Kalmykia. The archival institutions of the Republic organized their work in accordance with the adopted normative legal acts, the instructions of the higher organizations, and the state of local archiving. In general, during this period, the archivists of the Republic succeeded in reaching the standards required in their professional field in the country at large, and, also, in creating the foundation for further improvement in the field.
Keywords
archiving,
archival management,
state archives,
district archives,
preservation,
acquisition,
research activities
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by government grant in the form of federal budget subsidy aimed to support scientific research directed by the Leading Scientist — project name ‘From Paleogenetics to Cultural Anthropology: Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Research of Peoples and Traditions of Cross-Border Regions — Migrations, Cross-Cultural Interactions and Worldviews’ (no. 075-15-2019-1879).
About the Author
Larisa B. Mandzhikova
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin St., 358000 Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Junior Research Associate
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Mandzhikova L.B. Archival Organization and Management in the Kalmyk ASSR, 1962-1980. Oriental Studies. 2021;14(3):488-500. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2021-55-3-488-500
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