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of archives . Its competence included control over the reprocessing paper mills in particular . The Commission began publishing the ‘ Ukrainian Antiquities ’ yearbook , but only one issue was ever printed 17 .
Considering the projects of archival reforms in Ukraine that took place during the period 1917 – 1920 the doctor of historical sciences Iryna Matiash concluded that their conceptions were the basic theoretical achievement of Ukrainian governmental organs in this period . The authors of reform projects ( O . Hrushevskyi , I . Kamanin , V . Modzalevskyi , and others ) tried to look for optimal models for the State Archival Service in order to save and maintain national archival treasures . As stated above , the projects of archival reforms comprised : the declaration of public ownership of archival records , the centralization of archives management , the creation of a structured network of archival institutions , the concentration of national archival records in the National Archives ( the Main State Archives ) of Ukraine , the development of a scientific basis for using archival information , and the foundation of an educational system for archivist training . Although none of those projects were implemented , they had a direct impact on the further development of the archival system in modern Ukraine 18 .
In late October 1919 , Bolshevik troops launched the offensive actions against Ukraine : on December 12 , 1919 they occupied Kharkiv , on December 16 , 1919 – Kyiv . The Soviet government renewed its operations in Kharkiv which became the capital of Ukrainian SRR from 1919 untill 1934 . The Soviet archival ‘ construction ’ ( the term of Soviet times ) began in Ukraine after the Bolshevik power had been established . Among other government agencies , the All-Ukrainian Arts and Antiquities Protection Committee ( VUKOPMYS ) began working under the ruling People ’ s Commissariat on Education . On January 8 , 1920 a meeting of the Archival section of the VUKOPMYS took place on the improvement of the archival sphere . However , the VUKOPMYS did not remain active for long on this matter , and was essentially devoted to its reorganization .
On December 11 , 1919 , the All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee was established and Hrygoriyi Petrovskyi ( 1878 – 1958 ) became its Head . The Committee issued ‘ immunity charters ’ prohibiting requisitions of archival buildings and archival records without its permission 19 . However , on February 7 , 1920 the All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee established a special agency – the Special All-Ukrainian Archival Commission ( OVAK ) – to register
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Передача архівів Університету , 12 листопада 1919 . Газета « Боротьба », 12 листопада
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І . Матяш , Проекти архівної реформи …
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TsDAVO of Ukraine , F . 14 , Op . 1 , Spr . 9 , Ark . 4 .