M. A. Shudria private archival fonds deposited in the holdings of the Manuscript Institute of the V. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine: the archeographical review

The article covers the history of accession of the private archive of a famous Ukrainian journalist, writer and T. Shevchenko prize laureate M. A. Shudria to the Manuscript Institute of the VNLU fonds. In the paper we have given the short biographical information about the fonds creator and outlined his creative career. We have applied a scheme of M. A. Shudria personal archive documents systematization based on thematical and chronological principles. Therefore the documents have been divided into ten categories: "Scientific and Creative Materials", "Notices and Reviews on the Fonds Creator Works", "Biographical Materials and Materials of the Fonds Creator Official, Professional and Social Activity", "Correspondence", "Materials of Other People", "Correspondence of Other People", "Photographic Materials", "Illustrated Materials", "Printed Materials" and "Documents with Donative Inscriptions". We have thoroughly discussed the activity of M. A. Shudria as a translator of fictional works. The seventh category of documents named «Materials of Other People» is particularly important as it comprises documents characterizing various areas of cultural, scientific and public life of Ukraine.