Administration of archiving in Siberia in the years of postwar Stalinism (1945-1953)

The stages of history, main directions of activities of Archives Departments of Administration of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs - Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Siberian region, methods of administration of archiving in Siberia in 1945-1953 in the context of peculiarities of social and political development of the USSR in the period of Postwar Stalinism are analyzed. The close relationship of Archive Service with the ideological situation in Siberia in the USSR is demonstrated. The present article is based on the large range of archival sources gathered by the author in the Archives of Siberia and Central Archives of Russia.