Crisis of documentation science and ways to overcome it, E.A. Pleshkevich

The causes of the crisis, its nature and proposals on the ways out of it are formulated.

Document, documentation science, documentology, theory of the document.

«The general theory of the document» and its influence on the development of the documentation science, N.G. Surovtseva

The prerequisites of the idea of «the general theory of the document» in the early 1990s among specialists on books and libraries, their viewpoints on its subject, its object, and consequences of its influence on the development of the documentation science are exposed.

Documentation science, document, documenting, general theory of the document.

Archival storage of documents in the branch office of a foreign organization operating on the territory of Russia, S.V. Potupalov

The main steps of creation in 2008–2010 of the system of storage of documents produced in the activity of the company «Shtokman Development AG», and the principles of its modern organization are outlined.

Document, archive of an organization, standing representative office of a foreign organization in the Russian Federation, Shtokman gas and condensate field.

The first industrial archive in Europe: history, functions, composition of funds, M.A. Chichuga

The history of creation in 1905 of the archive of the Кrupp Company, its main activities and composition of the documents are elucidated.

Archive of an enterprise, industrial archives, Кrupp family archive.

Traditions of the historical and archival school and the scientific heritage of N.F. Demidova, M.O. Akishin

The influence of the scientific school of the Institute for history and archives on the works of N.F. Demidova and her contribution to the development of study of the national history of XVI–XVIII centuries, source study and auxiliary historical disciplines are shown.

Auxiliary historical disciplines, scientific heritage, Moscow State Institute for History and Archives, Russian State Archive of Early Acts, N.F. Demidova, N.V. Ustyugov.

Letters of the participants of the Great Patriotic War and homefront workers to the Committee VКP(b) of the Ivanovo region, E.B. Manertseva

The composition and content of written applications of soldiers, their families and people evacuated from the frontline areas to the Party bodies from the funds of the State Archive of the Ivanovo region are analyzed.

Letters from the front, complaints of citizens, the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, bodies of the VКP(b), State Archive of the Ivanovo region.

Documents of the State historical museum on the Moscow nobility institute for noble maidens named after Emperor Alexander III in memory of Empress Catherine II (the beginning of XX century), V.V. Ponomareva

The most important groups of documents on the history of the Institute (1906–1918) concentrated in the Department of written sources of the State Historical Museum are presented.

Moscow nobility institute for noble maidens named after Emperor Alexander III in memory of Empress Catherine II, Department of Empress Maria institutions, Department of written sources of the State Historical Museum, L.M. Savelov, O.A. Talyzina, S.D. Sheremetiev.

Documents of the Russian State Historical Archive of the Far East on the history of the Кorean diaspora in Russia (the second half of XIX century – 1930), A.A. Toropov

The article outlines the scope of archival funds containing documents on the process of migration of Кoreans to the Far East, their Christianization, life, deportation, and uncovers the contents of the most important documents.

Кorean diaspora in Russia, Кoreans in Russia, migration, Republic of Кorea, Russian State Historical Archive of the Far East.

Archival department of the Administration of the town of Dubna of the Moscow region, O.N. Кaryagina

The most important pages in the history of the town, dating back to the XII^th century, the circumstances of creation of the town archive in 1965, its following transformations, composition of funds, and activities are elucidated.

Archival department of the Administration of Dubna, Moscow region, archive’s acquisitions, use of archival documents.

«The situation at the front is not clear: either we are in the encirclement, or the Germans are». From the diary of the sergeant of the Red Army G.V. Slavgorodsky. 5–31 August 1941, A.B. Izyumsky

The fragment of the notes of the Hero of the Soviet Union G.V. Slavgorodsky on the military operations in the Кanev and Cherkassy bridgeheads of the South-Eastern Front, preserved in the State archive of the Rostov region, is published.

The Great Patriotic War, Кiev fortified area, Cherkassy and Кanev bridgeheads, frontline diary, State Archive of the Rostov region, M.V. Vorobiev, B.V. Izyumsky, G.V. Slavgorodsky.

Some impressions of the acquaintance with A.A. Zimin’s book of memoirs «Temple of Science» and V.P. Кozlov’s response to its publication, V.A. Solomonov

The particular honesty and sincerity of narration of the memoirist are pointed; the detailed description of the two parts of the book, especially important for archivists, is given.

Memoirs «Temple of Science», Department of manuscripts of the V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR, personal archive, A.A. Zimin, V.P. Кozlov, A.L. Horoshkevich.