The article presents the goals, objectives, theoretical and methodological foundations and the first results of the project of the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, supported by the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation, which is very topical because of the reorganization of the academic institutions of the Russian Federation.

The proofs of the representativeness of the funds stored in the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a promising object of research are given.

The history of the archives’ acquisitions of sound recordings since 1988, their modern composition, arrangement and physical condition are covered.

The sources for the cartographic collection of the museum, its composition and state are presented.

The set of modules, their functions and the prospects of development of the software «Electronic archives of the Novosibirsk Region» implemented by the Administration of the State Archival Service of the region are covered.

The work of the Archives Administration of the Sverdlovsk region with electronic information resources, aimed at improving the quality of provided information services, is elucidated.

The organizational and technical requirements for the testing and quality evaluation of CDs and DVDs, proven in the practical work of the Russian State Archives for Scientific and Technical Documentation, are presented.

The history of the formation, structure and composition of the fund, as well as the contents of the most important documents of 1613–1917 are exposed.

The documents from the funds of the police establishments concentrated in the State Archives of the Perm territory are presented; their source opportunities and places of storage in other regions are specified.

The history of Volgodonsk and its municipal archives, formed in 1953, is elucidated; the main areas of its work are covered.

The fragments of the letters of E.E. Vaganova to her parents about the participation of her son Eugene in the world tour of the Crown Prince Nikolas Alexandrovich in 1890–1891, preserved in the family fund of the noble family Samsonov in the State Archives of the Vladimir region, are published for the first time.

The documents on the tasks, methods and results of work of the visiting session of the Revolutionary Military Tribunal of the Priuralsky Military District and the 1-st army of labor in the Shadrinsk district of the Ekaterinoslav province, from the fund of Ekaterinburg revolutionary tribunal, are published for the first time.