Archival documents as a source for the research of jewelry for church use

This article discusses the archival documents from the national archives and the archives of neighboring countries, which are directly relevant to the development of jewelry. The documents were systematized by the author on chronological (documents of the tsarist, interwar, and Soviet periods of time) and thematic (normative acts, inventories, formulary lists) principles. On the basis of archival materials of 1945-1955 concerned the inventory verifications held at St. George's Church in Chişinău, St. Nicholas Church in the village Sireţi of Străşeni district, the Balti cathedral, Holy Trinity Church in the village of Cucuieţii Vechi in Râşcani district, and St. Nicholas Church in the Antoneşti village of the Ştefan-Vodă district, there were identified the main religious objects and ecclesiastical vestments from these temples. The analysis of archival sources makes it possible to present full picture of development of jewelry and other objects of religious worship in the Eastern Europe and significantly expand information on the availability and typology of objects made of precious and usual metals.