What is State Archive of the Russian Federation?
{{Infobox government agency |logo = GARF 1.jpg |logo_width = 220px |logo_caption = State Archive of the Russian Federation |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |formed = 1992 |preceding1 = |dissolved = |superseding = |jurisdiction = [[Government of Russia]] |employees = |budget = |chief1_name = |chief1_position = Director-General |parent_agency = |child1_agency = |website = |footnotes = }} The '''State Archive of the Russian Federation''' (commonly known as '''GARF''') is a major national [[archive]] of [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive-research.com/Russian/Russian_archival_environment.htm|title=Russian Archival Environment|author=Svetlana Chervonnaya|date=|website=|publisher=Archival Research|accessdate=28 April 2015|archive-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418214024/http://www.archive-research.com/Russian/Russian_archival_environment.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was established in [[Moscow]] in 1992. It acquired collections of the Central State Archive of the [[October Revolution]]. It also houses the Central State Archive of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]]. The archives contain collections covering the period from 1800 to 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lootedart.com/MFEU4M48658_print;Y |title=State Archive of Russian Federation (Gosudarstvennyi Arkhiv Rossiiskoi Federazii-GARF)|author= |date= |website= |publisher=Central Registry |accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat|State Archive of the Russian Federation}} *[http://statearchive.ru Official website] {{in lang|ru}} *[http://www.iisg.nl/~abb/rep/B-1.tab1.php?b=B.php%23B-1 Page about GARF] at the Dutch [[International Institute of Social History]] {{in lang|en}} {{coord|55.7329|N|37.5742|E|source:ruwiki_region:RU_type:landmark|format=dms|display=title}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:National archives in Europe|Russia