From the past and present of Moscow State Institute for History and Archives: archivists and their textbooks

Following the history of the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives from the 1930s to the present day the article sums up the practice of writing textbooks in the theory and methodology of archival studies by the institute's academics. The main attention is paid to the research groups of archivists of different generations, their contribution to the development of Russian archives studies and instruction in archival science. The contents of the textbooks and manuals are analyzed in connection with main lines of activity of archival institutions at different stages of the development of the USSR and contemporary Russia.