Russian State Historical Archive

E195498

archive cultural institution

The Russian State Historical Archive is one of Russia’s largest and most important archival institutions, preserving extensive collections of documents on the political, economic, and social history of the Russian Empire and early Soviet period.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Russian State Historical Archive canonical	5
Российский государственный исторический архив	2
Russian State Historical Archive (foreign policy holdings)	1
Russian State Historical Archives	1
St. Petersburg Central Historical Archive	1
St. Petersburg Senate Archive	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1762100 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Russian State Historical Archive
Context triple: [State Bank of the Russian Empire, archivesAt, Russian State Historical Archive]

A. Russian State Military Archive
The Russian State Military Archive is a major archival institution in Russia that preserves and provides access to historical military documents and records, particularly from the Soviet and Russian armed forces.
B. Federal Archival Agency of Russia
The Federal Archival Agency of Russia is the Russian government body responsible for overseeing the nation’s state archival system and preserving its documentary heritage.
C. Polish state archives
The Polish state archives are the national archival system of Poland responsible for preserving and providing access to the country’s historical and governmental documents.
D. National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg
The National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg is one of the country’s oldest and largest research libraries, renowned for its vast historical collections and rare manuscripts.
E. National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research
The National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research is a Pakistani research institution dedicated to the study, documentation, and promotion of the country’s history, culture, and heritage.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Russian State Historical Archive
Target entity description: The Russian State Historical Archive is one of Russia’s largest and most important archival institutions, preserving extensive collections of documents on the political, economic, and social history of the Russian Empire and early Soviet period.

A. Russian State Military Archive
The Russian State Military Archive is a major archival institution in Russia that preserves and provides access to historical military documents and records, particularly from the Soviet and Russian armed forces.
B. Federal Archival Agency of Russia
The Federal Archival Agency of Russia is the Russian government body responsible for overseeing the nation’s state archival system and preserving its documentary heritage.
C. Polish state archives
The Polish state archives are the national archival system of Poland responsible for preserving and providing access to the country’s historical and governmental documents.
D. National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg
The National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg is one of the country’s oldest and largest research libraries, renowned for its vast historical collections and rare manuscripts.
E. National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research
The National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research is a Pakistani research institution dedicated to the study, documentation, and promotion of the country’s history, culture, and heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archive ⓘ cultural institution ⓘ
archivesMaterial	census materials ⓘ church records ⓘ documents on the early Soviet period ⓘ documents on the history of the Russian Empire ⓘ government records ⓘ maps ⓘ nobility records ⓘ personal papers ⓘ plans ⓘ records of imperial institutions ⓘ records of ministries of the Russian Empire ⓘ records of the Governing Senate ⓘ records of the Holy Synod ⓘ linked to: Acts of Synod
buildingUse	archival storage ⓘ reading rooms for researchers ⓘ
city	Saint Petersburg ⓘ linked to: St. Petersburg
collectionSize	over 10,000 archival fonds ⓘ over 6 million files ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
formerLocation	Senate and Synod building, Saint Petersburg ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://fgurgia.ru ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Zanevsky Prospekt 36, Saint Petersburg ⓘ
inception	1720 ⓘ
languageOfMaterial	Church Slavonic ⓘ Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Northwestern Federal District ⓘ Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia Saint Petersburg ⓘ linked to: St. Petersburg
mainPeriodCovered	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ early Soviet state ⓘ pre-revolutionary Russia ⓘ
nativeName	Российский государственный исторический архив ⓘ linked to: Russian State Historical Archive
nativeNameLanguage	Russian ⓘ
operator	Federal Archival Agency of Russia ⓘ
ownedBy	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
predecessor	Archive of the Holy Synod ⓘ Moscow Main Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ⓘ St. Petersburg Senate Archive ⓘ linked to: Russian State Historical Archive
researchField	economic history of the Russian Empire ⓘ genealogy of the Russian nobility ⓘ political history of the Russian Empire ⓘ social history of the Russian Empire ⓘ
shortName	RGIA ⓘ
significance	one of the largest archives of Russian history ⓘ principal repository for central institutions of the Russian Empire ⓘ
subordinateTo	Federal Archival Agency of Russia ⓘ

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