The personal archive of Olha Ivanivna Sorokina (1892–1988): the fond’s structure and composition

The article covers the structure and contents of the personal archive of Decembrists researcher O. I. Sorokina, renders her biography and outlines the journey of her research. We analyzed the archive contents and characterized the structural groups of documents distinguished in the process of scientific and technical processing of the fond. Particular attention is paid to the documents group "Scientific and creative materials", which consists mainly in a rich illustration collection covering the Decembrists' life and activity. Of considerable interest is the section "Correspondence" encompassing the fond creator's correspondence with the Decembrists' descendants, in particular her correspondence with M. V. Trubetska. The article has annexes containing lists of O. I. Sorokina collection of Decembrists portraits and the photographs of their monuments, graves, tombstones