Archives Day
March 10, Monday
History of the holiday
Peter I introduced mandatory maintenance and preservation of documentation for all government agencies, realizing that documents are evidence of significant events and ensure the continuity of historical memory. Since then, archival work has come a long way, and in modern Russia it has acquired the status of a separate direction in public administration.
Archives Day is an opportunity to celebrate the work of people who preserve and document history, as well as to remind us of the importance of archival work in maintaining national memory.