BelNIIDAD has released a guidance book Publication of Documents from Investigation Files of Soviet Period

The Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Studies (BelNIIDAD) has released a guidance book, Publication of Documents from Investigation Files of Soviet Period.

The guidance describes the basic principles, methods and techniques in the publication of documents from investigation files of Soviet period. Examines the specifics of formation and composition of legal and investigative documents, the rendition of their texts, archeographical description, finding aids etc. The guidance is based on practices of home and foreign archeographers and historians.

The workbook is intended for archivists, archeographers, historians and jurists.