Documentary sources on history of the Astrakhan State University in the funds of the record office of the Astrakhan region (to the 85th anniversary of the Astrakhan State University)

Abstract

The purpose of this article, dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Astrakhan state university, is to study the history and traditions of the university on the basis of documentary sources.The Central Fund for this subject - Fund No. R-2364 “Astrakhan Order of the Badge of Honor” State Pedagogical Institute named after S.M. Kirov of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation“includes 3328 units for the period from 1932 to 1993, that is, from the moment the educational Institution and for 61 years of its formation and development, as one of the leading universities in the Astrakhan region.The documents of the foundation are the main documentary source about the scientific activity of the institute. A special place is occupied by documents for 1941-1945. The Astrakhan state archives store another category of documents, which in archivology are called documents of personal origin.