Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (russian: Государственный архив литературы и искусства (РГАЛИ), or RGALI) is one of the largest state

archive An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual ...

s in Russia. It preserves documents of national

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to inclu ...

music Music is generally defined as the The arts, art of arranging sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Exact definition of music, definitions of mu ...

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

, cinema,

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and

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History

As a centralized archive for documentation in the cultural sphere, RGALI was founded in 1941 under the name of TsGLA, on the basis of the collected manuscript holdings of the State Literary Museum (Goslitmuzei—GLM) and designated fonds from other museums and archives. *1941–1954 – ''Central State Literary Archive (TsGLA)'' (russian: Центральный государственный литературный архив СССР (ЦГЛА СССР)) *1954-VI.1992 – ''Central State Archive of Literature and Art of the USSR (TsGALI SSSR)'' (russian: Центральный государственный архив литературы и искусства СССР (ЦГАЛИ СССР)) *1992–present – ''Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RGALI)'' (russian: Государственный архив литературы и искусства (РГАЛИ))

External links

Official website

Official website

Archives in Russia

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