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an archival section and a library section . The Division developed a plan to create the National Archives of Ukraine in which records of national value were to be concentrated . In order to register historical records moved from Ukraine to Russia in different periods of Ukrainian history the Division began working on the ‘ Archival Ukrainika ’ project and identifying original Ukrainian records and manuscripts held in both Russian state archives and private collections 6 . In their practical activities , the Library and Archival Division focused on establishing links with the provincial scholarly archival commissions in Katerynoslav , Poltava , Tavria , Chernihiv as well as with local organizations of the Ukrainian society ‘ Prosvita ’. The Division sent questionnaires to local archival institutions with the aim of conducting an archival survey ; it also attempted to found a central archive for storing records of the liquidated provincial and district agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . The prospects for establishing a research institute with a view to archivists training and publishing of the archeographic yearbook ‘ Pamiatky ’ were likewise outlined . On January 9 , 1918 the Archival and Library Division ( by that time its name had been changed frequently ) was subordinated to the Arts Department of the Ministry of Public Education of the Ukrainian People ’ s Republic .
On April 29 , 1918 , Pavlo Skoropadskyi ( 1873 – 1945 ) became the Hetman of Ukraine . After that , the Library and Archival Division was subordinated to the Main Administration of Arts and National Culture of the Ministry of People Education . In the early days of the Hetmanate , the Division had two independent leaders . The Library section was headed by the former leader of the Division , Olexander Hrushevskyi , whilst Vadim Modzalevskyi ( 1882-1920 ), a well-known historian from Chernihiv , became the head of the Archival section . On April 12 , 1918 V . Modzalevskyi took control of the unified Archival and Library Division . On May 11 , 1918 Modzalevskyi ’ s colleague and follower – the noted historian and archivist Prof . Volodymyr Miyakovskyi ( 1888 – 1972 ) – joined the Division . During Modzalevskyi ’ s leadership an apolitical , non-party spirit and orientation toward the national idea became dominant in the Archival and Library Division as well as in archival institutions in general . The Division considered its main task as being to fundamentally reform the archival branch in Ukraine . A draft of archival reforms was proposed by a member of the Archival section , Ivan Kamanin ( 1850 – 1921 ). It was planned that a Main Archival Department , a National Archives ( or the Main State Archives ), an Archaeographic Commission , and an Archaeological Institute would be established in Ukraine . The Main
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The Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine ( TsDAVO of Ukraine ), Fond ( F .) 2581 ‘ People ’ s Ministry of Education of Ukrainian People ’ s Republic , Kyiv , 1917 – 1918 ’, Opys ( Op .) 1 , Sprava ( Spr .) 12 , Arkush ( Ark .) 21 – 22 .