The archives of the Komi ASSR in the prewar period and during the Great Patriotic War (1938- 1945)

On the basis of archival sources the state of archives of the Republic of Komi during the prewar period and in days of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 is considered. The author provides factual information about the level of archives in the republic as of 1938-1939, before the transfer of archives to the jurisdiction of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR, including on the basis of the decrees of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Komi АSSR, acts of acceptance-transfer of archives to the jurisdiction of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Komi АSSR. The data on the complexities and problems in realization of activity of the State Archives, the establishment and operation of regional archives and archives agencies in the safekeeping, acquisition and value examination of documents being a component part of the State archival Fund of the USSR, is given. The work of the Central State Archives of the Komi АSSR on reception of archival files, activity of the expertchecking commission of the archival body and the expertise of value of the documents which have lost the scientific and practical importance in days of the Great Patriotic War, is analyzed. The problems of work with the documents resulting from the activities of Gulag structures are mentioned, the estimation of the scientific and practical importance of the documents arriving for the state archival storage from the point of view of priorities of that time are given. The information on changes in material, personnel provision in activity of the archives, the results of work of archivists in days of the Great Patriotic War are provided.