The State Archive of Nizhny Novgorod Region (official name: State Treasury Institution "State Archive of Nizhny Novgorod Region") is a regional archival institution with Arzamas (disambiguation). It holds documentary collections of organizations, institutions, and private individuals connected with the history of Arzamassky District and surrounding territories.
Arzamas Branch
The Arzamas State Archive received its first collections in the early 1930s. In particular, the records of the Yekaterininskaya Women's Gymnasium were transferred into storage on 2 October 1933, with no source of transfer established. The archive holds collections from pre-revolutionary institutions of Arzamassky District, including military-administrative bodies, financial and taxation authorities, organs of peasant self-government, and others.
Collection Contents
Among the materials held are: Collection No. 118 of the Yekaterininskaya Women's Gymnasium (1,852 storage units covering 1868–1932, including 1936 files with copies of certificates issued to replace lost originals); Collection No. 21 of the Office of the Arzamas District Military Commander (inventory No. 1, covering the period from 1865 to 1918); Collection No. 36 of the Tax Inspector of the 2nd Precinct of Arzamassky District (inventory No. 1, covering the period from 1896 to 1915); and Collection No. 4 of the Panovskoye Volost Administration of Arzamassky District (inventory No. 1, covering the period from 1862 to 1918).