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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.