ABSTRACT
In December 1991 a single Archive of the President of the Russian Federation was formed for the purpose of organizing the preservation and use of documentation of the President and his Administration (see L-43). Before July 1990, the archive was part of the archive of the General Department ofthe CPSU Central Committee (CC) (Sektor VI) and contained the records ofthe highest CP organs-the Politburo and Presidium of the Central Committee, congresses, plenums, and conferences ofthe CC CPSU, dating from 1919 to 1990. In July 1990the archive became a component part of the Archive of the General Division of the Chancellery of the President of the USSR.
