Archive of the President of the Russian Federation

The Archive of the President of the Russian Federation (Russian: Архив Президента Российской Федерации) is a Russian state archive established in 1991 and managed by the Presidential Administration of Russia. It remains classified almost entirely and preserves records of the President of Russia and Presidential Administration of Russia, as well as documents of the highest organs of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.^[1] Since 1994, Politburo files and files from the Additional Central Committee have been transferred to the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History.^[2]

Archives

Joseph Stalin

In June 1992, it was discovered that many papers written by Joseph Stalin are kept by the Archive of the President of the Russian Federation.^[3] Along with documents, they have also been holding many telegraphs made by Stalin during the Cold War.^[4] The archive has been holding Stalin's "Shooting lists" since March 2013.^[5]

Korean War

The archive has kept many documents and filings from the Korean War.^[4]