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Ukrainian Archives - Document Retrieval

  • Ukrainian archives have preserved many historical records useful for genealogical research.
  • During the period of Soviet rule, archives centralized and preserved a vast holding of church records dating from 1721-1917, and other genealogical sources such as censuses and land records.
  • The archives are centrally controlled by the State Archival Service of Ukraine, which administers about 700 archival institutions.
  • Access to archival records varies from archive to archive. Some records may be available for research in reading rooms at the archives, and some archives provide reference services by correspondence.
  • Many archive records have been microfilmed or digitized by FamilySearch, although most records remain in their original paper form in the archives.

Archives of Ukraine

Archival Service of Ukraine

  • The official web-portal of the State Archival Service of Ukraine is Archives of Ukraine.
  • This site is available in English and provides links to the web pages of individual archives in Ukraine, with contact information, information about holdings, and other information about using the archive.
  • Online catalog information about holdings varies from archive to archive, with some providing more detail about the contents of their collections than others.
  • As far as is known, there are no online record images or indexes provided on the Archives of Ukraine website or the web pages of the individual archives in Ukraine.
  • However, archive records, filmed in collaboration with FamilySearch, have images and indexes. These are incomplete but being added to.

State Archival Service of Ukraine
24 Solom'ianska Street
Kyiv 03110 Ukraine

Phone: +380(44) 275-2777
Fax: +380(44) 275-3655
E-mail: info@arch.gov.ua
Website
Central State Archives of Ukraine Links to contacts for various archives on the national level.

Regional State Archives

Endangered Archives

Endangered Archives: Ukraine


Libraries

Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
3 Holosiivskyi Avenue
03039, Kyiv, Ukraine

Phone: +38 (044) 524-81-36
E-mail: service@nbuv.gov.ua
Website
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine: Holdings

"The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, VNLU (Ukrainian
Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського) is the main academic library and main scientific information centre in Ukraine, one of the world's largest national libraries. Its main building is located in the capital of the country – Kyiv, in the Demiivka neighborhood. The library contains about 15 million items. The library has the most complete collection of Slavic writing, archives of outstanding world and Ukrainian scientists and cultural persons. The holdings include the collection of the presidents of Ukraine, archive copies of Ukrainian printed documents from 1917, and the archives of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine."[1]

Libraria: Archive of Ukrainian Periodicals Online
Archival Information Systems
St. Avtozavodska, 54/19
Kyiv, 04114 Ukraine

Phone : + 38(044) 290 0193
E-mail: info@libraria.ua
Website

Museums

Google listing of Ukraine Museums

Record Offices

Civil registration offices exist at the local and regional levels. The Ministry of Justice is organized along regional lines and provides links to the websites of all these offices on its website.

Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
13, Gorodetskogo Str.
Kiev, Ukraine 01001

Telephone: +38 (044) 278-37-23
Fax: +38 (044) 271-17-83
E-mail: themis@minjust.gov.ua

References

  1. "Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernadsky_National_Library_of_Ukraine, accessed 27 December 2022.