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The publication examines the development of archival studies in the world, its general trends and national peculiarities on the examples of France, Poland, Russia, the USA, and Ukraine. Considerable attention is paid to methodological issues. The role of international archival organisations in the development of archival studies is considered. The appendices contain chronological information about International Congresses of Archives, International Round Table Conferences of Archives, International Conferences of Archives of Central and Eastern Europe, a list of archival periodicals and continuing publications and their Internet resources, etc.

For archivists, historians, teachers and students of higher educational institutions and anyone interested in the history of archival science.