
The professional holiday of archive workers, established by the Decision of the Board of the Federal Archive Service of the Russian Federation as of March 5, 2003, is annually celebrated in our country on March 10th. The date of the holiday was chosen in accordance with the signing of the first state act in Russia by Peter the Great, according to which archive workers (archivists) were required to “diligently collect letters, repair registers, and re-mark sheets...”.