The Russian Archives

RIA

RIA Novosti News Agency

The history of International Information Agency Russia Today (formerly RIA Novosti) dates back to 24 June 1941. Every day, International Information Agency Russia Today provides prompt socio-political, economic, scientific and financial information in Russian, main European and the Arab languages by means of electronic communications, internet, printed bulletins and reference materials.

RGANTD

The Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation

The Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documents, located in Moscow, holds scientific and technical documentation concerning industrial development, patents, and personal papers of well-known scientists, scholars, inventors, and engineers.

Mosfilm

Mosfilm Studio

Mosfilm is a film production studio located in Moscow, one of the largest and oldest in Russia and Europe. Founded in 1924 as the production unit of the State Committee for Cinematography (Goskino), it has produced some of the most celebrated films of the Soviet era, ranging from works by Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein to Akira Kurosawa's co-production "Dersu Uzala" and the legendary "War and Peace" by Sergei Bondarchuk.

Gosteleradiofond

The Gosteleradiofond State Television and Radio Fund

The State Television and Radio Fund, also known as the Gosteleradiofond, was established in 1974 under the authority of the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Soviet Union. It carried out archiving of phonograms, video-phonograms and television films both of its own production and produced by other television and film studios.

RGAKFD

The Russian State Documentary Film & Photo Archive

The Krasnogorsk Archive's film collection documents the entire history of Russian filmmaking, beginning with footage of the 1896 coronation of Czar Nicholas II.

Gosfilmofond

The Gosfilmofond State Film Archive

The Gosfilmofond is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). Its name is an abbreviation of three words: Gosudarstvennyi (meaning "state"), film (meaning "a motion picture film"), and fond ("a fund or foundation").