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Marxism Leninism ’ 51 . Thus , central , oblast , and state historical archives were recognized as scientific archival institutions that preserved , systematized , and scientifically used the archival materials of historical value .
The Decree defined the new structure of the apparatus of the Central Archival Administration of the UkrSRR ( TsAU of the UkrSRR ) and modified the central state archives network . The All-Ukrainian Central Archives of Ancient Acts was created on the basis of the Kharkiv Central Historical Archives ; the Kyiv Oblast Historical Archives was founded on the basis of the Kyiv Central Historical Archives ; and in September 1931 the All-Ukrainian Central Photo Archives was created .
The Main Archival Administration of the Moldavian ASSR including the Moldavian State Historical Archives , oblast archival administrations operating under presidiums of oblast executive committees ; district and city archives , which first appeared in the structure of executive committees of district and city councils , as well as in the general network of archival institutions of Ukraine in 1932 , became the local organs of the Central Archival Administration of UkrSRR . The primary efforts of the oblast archival administrations were focused on governing archival ‘ construction ’ on the territory of oblasts , districts , or cities including the control of archival affairs in district executive committees , city , or rural councils , state and public institutions , organizations and enterprises etc . Oblast , district , and city archives received appropriations from the local ( oblast , city , or district ) budgets . These archives started their activities in difficult conditions which can be illustrated with the help of the letter written by the archivist of Bashtanka district ( Mykolaiv oblast ) Vekla Hanopolska : ‘… I am a new official servant and I need strong support in my working … the building is going to ruin and soon the ceiling is going to crash down on my head . Everything is very aged , but no money is appropriated from our district budget to build a new house for the district archives …’ ( March 31 , 1938 ) 52 .
In the 1930 ’ s command and repressive methods for archives governing were strengthened . A result of this was the campaign for ‘ cleaning up ’ archives ( paper campaigns ) and archival staff purging . The logical continuation of the course on politicization and subordination of archives to the Communist Party interests became the transition of them under control of the People ’ s Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR ( NKVS ) in 1938 . In Stalinist time the NKVS was the main repressive organ in the USSR . In March 1939 the Main Archival Division was created within the structure of the NKVS of the UkrRSR to govern archives in the Republic . In June 1941 it was reorganized
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О . Г . Мітюков , Радянське архівне будівництво на Україні в 1925 – 1930 …
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DAMO , F . R-1002 ‘ The Archival Division under Administration of the Executive Committee of the Mykolaiv Oblast Council of People Deputy , 1932 – 1988 ’, Op . 1 , Spr . 11 , Ark . 4 – 5 .