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Vital records | "Vital records...are called Acts of civil state or Acts of civil status...These records are available only for relatives of a died person...All registers before 1918 are open for everyone." | ||
Births, deaths and marriages must be registered by register office called Body of registration of acts of civil status (орган записи актов гражданского состояния - organ zapisi aktov grazhdanskogo sostoyaniya or орган ЗАГС - organ ZAGS for short) or the Palace of Marriages (Дворец бракосочетаний) for civil marriage ceremonies. The system is decentralized. Each Russian federal subject has its own regional body as a part of regional government. | Births, deaths and marriages must be registered by register office called Body of registration of acts of civil status (орган записи актов гражданского состояния - organ zapisi aktov grazhdanskogo sostoyaniya or орган ЗАГС - organ ZAGS for short) or the Palace of Marriages (Дворец бракосочетаний) for civil marriage ceremonies. The system is decentralized. Each Russian federal subject has its own regional body as a part of regional government. | ||
The Unified state register of acts of civil status | The Unified state register of acts of civil status...maintained by the Federal Tax Service of Russia began operations since October 1, 2018. | ||
The system of resident registration in Russia (and former propiska) maintained by centralized federal body is not related to this system.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_registration#Russia Civil Registration - Russia], (accessed 9 February 2020).</ref> | The system of resident registration in Russia (and former propiska) maintained by centralized federal body is not related to this system.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_registration#Russia Civil Registration - Russia], (accessed 9 February 2020).</ref> | ||