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== | ==Resources== | ||
===Online Resources=== | |||
*'''1755-1917''' {{RecordSearch|1771027|Russia Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917}} at FamilySearch — [[Russia Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index | |||
*''' | *'''1793-1919''' {{RecordSearch|1771044|Russia Marriages, 1793-1919}} at FamilySearch — [[Russia Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index | ||
*'''1815-1917''' {{RecordSearch|1771042|Russia Deaths and Burials, 1815-1917}} at FamilySearch — [[Russia Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index | |||
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===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
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*[http://mxkr.ru/en/registry-offices List of Russian Civil Registration Offices]. Click on the map for telephone numbers, fax numbers and addresses (in Russian). | *[http://mxkr.ru/en/registry-offices List of Russian Civil Registration Offices]. Click on the map for telephone numbers, fax numbers and addresses (in Russian). | ||
== | ==Background== | ||
Civil registration was instituted after the Russian Revolution. The acronym for | Civil registration was instituted after the Russian Revolution. The acronym for a civil registration office is ZAGS, standing for acts of civil status. | ||
The ZAGS offices were established in the cities by 1919, then later in rural localities. Gaps in registration persisted until 1926. ZAGS offices often gathered original metriki back to the beginning of the century into their collections to have an earlier record of vital events and to supplement the civil registration. These are normally the local copy of the parish register. | The ZAGS offices were established in the cities by 1919, then later in rural localities. Gaps in registration persisted until 1926. ZAGS offices often gathered original metriki back to the beginning of the century into their collections to have an earlier record of vital events and to supplement the civil registration. These are normally the local copy of the parish register. | ||
'''Religious Records''' | '''Religious Records''' | ||
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==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||
Russian law requires that the vital records be transferred to regional archives 75 years after the date of creation. This has occurred in many instances but not always because of the limited space in the archives and bureaucratic inertia. | |||
"Vital records... are available only for relatives of a died person...All registers before 1918 are open for everyone. The Unified state register of acts of civil status...began operations since October 1, 2018."<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_registration#Russia Civil Registration - Russia], (accessed 9 February 2020).</ref> | "Vital records... are available only for relatives of a died person...All registers before 1918 are open for everyone. The Unified state register of acts of civil status...began operations since October 1, 2018."<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_registration#Russia Civil Registration - Russia], (accessed 9 February 2020).</ref> | ||
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[[ru: Россия Гражданская pегистрация]] | |||
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