State Archive of Rivne Oblast Historical Information Rivne oblast historical archive began its activity in March 1940 right after formation of Rivne oblast at the territory of former Dubno, Zdolbuniv, Kostopil, Rivne and Sarny districts. Since 1941 – State Archive of Rivne Oblast, since 1958 – Rivne Oblast State Archive,since 1980 – State Archive of Rivne Oblast.
Volume of funds 4068 funds, 1058743 units for 1774-2007. 2981 units of scientific and technical documentation for 1949-1978. 7 units of film documents for Address: 26-a Stepan Bandera St. 1944-1978. Rivne, 33014 (building 1) 13900 units of documentary 8 Kavkazka St. photographs for 1917-2007. Rivne, 33013 (building 2) 134 units of phonodocuments for tel. (0362) 23-42-61, 1967-2007. 22-34-15, 23-41-74, 26-69-76, 23-42-54. Storehouse of funds E-mail: [email protected] The most ancient documents are web page at the portal of the purchase deeds of XVI century on the the State Archive of Ukraine: parchment that are kept in the storehouse www.archives.gov.ua/Archives of Dubno district court fund, and two hand- Page at website of Rivne written books - «Sluzhebnyk» and Regional «Psalter» of the same period. State Administration: The main part of the archive www.obaldim.rv.ua/dergarchiv documents is occupied by the documents from the times the region was a part of Transport: building 1 – trolleybus No 3 Russian Empire (1796-1917). First of all, (bus station “Cooperative these are the documents of local self- College”), governments: city council of Dubno mini-bus No 33, 46 (bus station government, town councils and boards, “Humanitarian University”). documents of district and courts of the Buiding 2 – near railway station peace, police headquarters, Land Surveying Commissions, educational Working time Monday – Thursday: establishments where is the information of the reading-hall: 9:00 – 18:15 about social and economic situation of the Friday: 9:00 – 17:00 regional population, development of handicraft and trade. In these funds there Director: Mykola Ivanovych Hryhoruk are acts of releasing peasants from serfdom, their refusal to take the Prescribed document, to pay redeemed payment, of participation of political movements, in particular in Polish
by the documents of district headquarters and departments, town and gmina governments, police establishments, Rivne district court and the prosecutor's office, land and financial establishments. The condition of social and political life of Rivne region is completely represented in these documents. Fund documents of district village headquarters and their departments contain statistical information about the work of industrial enterprises, about the number of inhabitants, schools, libraries; lists of land owners, the book of companies' registration, economical characteristics of districts, the road maps and others. Some documents reflect the The front of the buiding No 2, activity of social, political and public 8 Kavkazka St. organizations, such as the company rebellion in 1863; there are also inspection “Prosvita”, “The Union of Ukrainian registers of settlements of Rivne and Women”, the club “Ridna Hata” (“Native Korets districts. The fund of Rivne district House”), Polish and Jewish unions and court contains the Official certificate of others. 1841 by Ignatiy Homych Tsialkovsky, the Interesting documents are the grandfather of Russian science in the documents of Rivne departments of sphere of aerodynamics and rocket emigration syndicate (1929-1939), “Local technique K.Tsiolkovsky. In the collection Committee of Polish Biographical of cult establishments there is the Dictionary”, “Volyn District Government permission of Kyiv vice-governor, 1846, Union of Polish Teachers”. for the marriage of Holaktion Korolenko The only personal fund of Polish and Ewelina Skurewych - the parents of period is the fund of Jacob Hoffman, Russian writer V.Korolenko. In Rivne historian, regional ethnographer, deputy of gymnasium fund there is some information polish Seym, the head of the Volyn district about Kostomarov's and Kulish's teaching government union of Polish teachers, at the gymnasium, about Korolenko's author of “Guide-book Aroun Volyn”, studies in Rivne real gymnasium. editor of the almanac “Volyn Rechnyk”. In The history of the religious and this fund you can famaliarize yourself with church establishments is characterized by Hoffman biography, diaries, ethnic notes of the funds of Volyn theological consistory, his speeches in Seym. The studying theological government, deans' offices, programmes of polish history, the polish Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. language, manuscripts of articles about the The private fund of F. Stengel, history of political parties, reports about the founder of the first regional museum in excavations in Volyn region are also of Rivne region in the village Gorodok of great interest. Rivne district, there are the documents collected for the museum. The funds of establishments, enterprises and organizations of the Polish state period (1921-1939) are represented Rivne region, collection of letters of citizens exported to Germany for forced labour tell us about the events of this eriod.
“Sluzhebnyk” (exact date is not determined XVI-XVII century).
The documents of Soviet establishments and organizations of the Metric book of Uspensk church in the period of 1919-1920; 1939-1941 are village Rokytne in Dubno province. represented by the funds of Dubno district 1781. executive committee, district, town and volost Revolutionary Committees, the Among the unique documents of this funds of Provisional government in Rivne period there is the “Collection of and executive committees of local Documents of OUN-UIA (Organization of councils. Ukrainian Nationalists-Ukrainian Insurgent In the archive there is Army)”; in this collection there are printed information from the documents of the editions of resolutions, conferences and period of the WW II and Rivne occupation conventions of “Great Assembly” of OUN, by Nazis (1941-1944). This information is originals of orders, reports, reviews of used very actively. First of all, this is the various commanders of subsections of UIA information of Rivne district government, “Polissya Sich” under the command of district commissariats, Rivne burgomaster, Taras Bulba-Borovets, of the group some municipal and district governments, “North” under the command of Klym state employment agencies, social and Savura, as well as diares of direct political and public associations (“District participants of those events. Association Prosvita”; “Ukrainian Publishing House of the Newspaper “Volyn”, “Rivne Church Government” and others). They tell us about the activity of occupied administration establishments, about their functions, about organization of ghetto, existence of concentration camps; they contain information about trade and industrial institutions, enterprises, schools, about the population and its distribution according to the age and sex, the lists of inhabitants, the lists of workers of different institutions; information about citizens' “Revizka Skazka” of 1816, village exporting for forced labour to Germany. Karpylivka of Luts district in Volyn Investigation files of Security of Ukraine in province events, Rivne region participants of partisan movement of the famous writers, journalists and others. Documentary photographs reflect the main period of Rivne region history. The largest is the complex of documentary photographs where the famous persons of oblast are depicted, among them outstanding workers of agriculture, social and cultural sphere, builders, delegates of convention, vaterans of work and war. There are many photos of partisan and undeground struggle in Rivne region during the WW II (mainly photoreproductions and photoprints). Records are among the phonodocuments, that are the memories of partisans-scouts and undeground workers, operative information of informational The picture “Crussified bureau about Rivne region release, reports Ukraine”. The accusation cause from the places of grand events, the of Mysarek Isydor in participants of amateur activities and contemptuous attitude towards others. Polish Government. The fund of Prosecutor's office of Rivne district court, 1928.
The documents of the fund of underground district committee of Comunist Party tell about partisan and underground movement in Rivne region during the WW II. All the documents of the occupation period are declassified. The post-war period (1944-2005) found the widest representation in the archive. These are the documents of the executive committee of Rivne oblast councils of deputies, their departments and government; of regional executive committees of village councils, large industrial enterprises, collective farms,educational establishments and public organizations. The funds of industrial enterprises in Rivne region, health protection institutions, education, science, culture and others are among the documents of the archive. In the archive there are private funds of the participants of revolution