Documents about the activity of the Jewish political parties in the Ukrainian Central Rada in Kyiv archives and the collection of Judaica Department of V. I. Vernadskyi

The aim of the research is to review custodial history, structure and content of documents about the activity of five Jewish political parties in the Ukrainian Central Rada (1917–1918), which are now preserved in several Kyiv state archives (the Central State Archives of Public Organizations of Ukraine, the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine, the State Archives of Kyiv Region) and Judaica Department of V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine.The methodology of the research includes historical-chronological, historical-systematic, and historical-typological approaches. The aforementioned methodological approaches allow to trace the complicated custodial history of the complex of documents and to determine structure, content,and types of documents. The scientific novelty of the paper. The analysis of documents of the Jewish political parties as a complex introduces rare documents from the history of the Jewish representation in the Ukrainian Central Rada and revolutionary period in Ukraine into the scientific circulation, also covers development of archival studies, establishment of new archives and principles of archival work. Conclusions. The documents of five Jewish political parties about their activity in the Ukrainian Central Rada (1917–1918) are now distributed in several Kyiv state archives (the Central State Archives of Public Organizations of Ukraine, the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine, the State Archives of Kyiv Region) and Judaica Department of V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine. Analyzing their custodial history, structure and content, it might be argued that the majority of the documents used to be one complex, a part of one collection from Kultur-lige archives. The further custodial history of these documents might be topic for case study in history of Soviet archival institutions, collections and archival studies in general.