The National Archive Department of Azerbaijan Republic is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan

Cabinet of Azerbaijan

The Cabinet of Azerbaijan is the chief executive body of the Republic of Azerbaijan.-The Executive Power:The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state....

 in charge of managing, maintaining, protecting and updating nation

Nation

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al archives of Azerbaijan Republic. The agency is headed by Atakhan Pashayev

Atakhan Pashayev

Atakhan Pashayev Avaz oglu is an Azerbaijani government executive serving as the Chief of the National Archive Department of Azerbaijan Republic.-Early life:...

.

History

After occupation of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...

 in 1920, Bolsheviks established the State Archives Fund under the People's Commissariat for Education which started its activities in 1921. In 1922, the management of the archives was passed to the Bureau of Central Executive Committee of Azerbaijan SSR

Azerbaijan SSR

The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Azerbaijan SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union....

. In 1925, similar archives department was created in Nakhchivan. Starting from 1928, regional chapters of the state archives department were created throughout the republic.
In 1930, the Central Committee of the Communist Party established the Central Archives Department, which was made up of Central State October Revolution Archives and Central State Historical Archives. In 1938, the management of the archives was passed under jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Minister of Internal Affairs (Azerbaijan)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan is an Azerbaijani government ministry for internal affairs, which is responsible for keeping the order, security and safety of population, officials, buildings and structures in the country...

 and in 1960 it was subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers. In 1966, State Literature and Arts Archives of Azerbaijan SSR was created.

The National Archive Department was established on December 2, 2002 by the Presidential

President of Azerbaijan

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 Decree No. 816 on the basis of an existing Main Archives Department of Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic

Cabinet of Azerbaijan

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 which had been in existence since March 11, 1994 in order to modernize the management and maintenance of national archives of Azerbaijan. Its statute was approved on September 27, 2003 by President Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...

. The agency ensures implementation of state policies in relation to updating and maintaining national archives through its direct activities in collection and preservation of data and documents as well as through it reginal chapters and the national archives of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

. The activities of the department are financed through funds allocated from the state budget of Azerbaijan Republic.

Structure

The agency is headed by its chief and the department collegium. The collegium is chaired by the chief of National Archive Department, and his deputy. The archive department has two main bodies: the Scientific Council and Central Expert Verification Commission. Main functions of the agency are participation in policy building in regards to management of national archives; ensuring acceptance, protection and careful use of the archival documents related to cultural heritage and history of Azerbaijan as well as documents of scientific, historical, social, economic, importance; collection, categorization, accounting and management of archival resources; continuously modifying the archives management system in accordance with international standards; writing progress reports to the government of Azerbaijan on the status of state archives. Currently, there are 6 state archives under central management of the National Archive Department, 15 regional chapters and State Archives of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.