Russian State Archive of Literature and Art

Russian State Archive of Literature and Art
TypeArchive
Founded1941
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Websitewww.rgali.ru
The Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (Russian: Государственный архив литературы и искусства [РГАЛИ], or RGALI) is one of the largest state archives in Russia. It preserves documents of national literature, music, theatre, cinema, painting and architecture.

History

As a centralized archive for documentation in the cultural sphere, RGALI was founded in 1941 under the name of TsGLA, on the basis of the collected manuscript holdings of the State Literary Museum (Goslitmuzei—GLM) and designated fonds from other museums and archives.

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