Державний архів Житомирської області

  • State Archives of Zhytomyr Oblast
  • Derzhavnyi arkhiv Zhytomyrs'koi oblasti

Address

vul. Ohrimova Hora 2/20 (korp. 1), vul. Zamkova 3 (korp. 2)
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr oblast
10002
Ukraine

Phone

38 (0412) 42-48-00

Fax

38 (0412) 42-60-61

History

Volyn Province Archival Commission under Public Education Department subordination was organized in 1920.

In 1922 Archival Commission was liquidated and instead of it Volyn Province Archival Department under Province Executive committee subordination was organized.

In 1925 due to three-stage management Volyn Archival Province Department was reorganized into the District Archival Department and in 1932 – into Zhytomyr State Historical Archives.

After Zhytomyr oblast forming, the archives received status as oblast archives in 1938 (was subordinated to the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) an din 1941 it was renamed State Archives of Zhytomyr Oblast.

In 1958-1980 the archives was named Zhytomyr Oblast State Archives and it was subordinated to the Executive Committee of Oblast Soviet (1960). Since 1980 it's name is State Archives of Zhytomyr Oblast ( Region).

Archival and Other Holdings

  • 8389 funds, 1432666 archival units (1795-2011)
  • 65 cinema documents (1943-2005)
  • 19110 photo documents (1906-2011)
  • 379 audio documents (1960-2011)
  • 43 video documents (2001-2011)

The documents of the Nazi occupation period of Ukraine (1941-1945) has been declassified: Zhytomyr General commissariat, municipal district and rural bodies, Zhytomyr criminal investigation department and police of order, Central bureau of “volksdeutche” registration. The materials of the census conducted by the Nazi occupation boards in September 1941.

The special collection of the executive committees of oblast, municipal, district, settlement and village Soviets of People’s Deputies, collective and state farms, agricultural cooperatives, Zhytomyr oblast commission for calculation of losses caused by fascist occupants during the period of Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, repatriation department of the oblast executive committee, Department of Security Service of Ukraine in Zhytomyr oblast (archival units of issue of the citizens subjected to the repressions, filtration records for the citizens forcedly taken to Germany for labour during Great Patriotic War), oblast, municipal and district committees of CPU, especially in which documents about starvation in Ukraine in 1932-1933 are represented and used for reference to defend rights and satisfy social requirements of citizens, including the documents of Komsomol authorities, oblast, municipal, district establishments, organizations, enterprises of industry and agriculture.

Opening Times

The workroom is open Tuesday - Thursday 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Sources

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