History of the Integrative Relationships between Kazakhstan’s National Archive and Public Archival Institutions of Commonwealth of Independent States’ Countries

Abstract

This article considers one of the most important periods in the archival development of Kazakhstan such as ratification of international documents aimed to build cooperation and partnership between state archives of CIS’s countries and their usage in archival organization. This integration was implemented by the CIS’s countries, former parts of USSR, because historical documents of these countries were preserved in the general place. After independence, each country initiated new historical studies that caused exchange of their ar- chival information. The article describes the main questions of archival activities and their contributions to scientific development. It considered such new concepts as cooperation, integration and building of open archives. The authors emphasize significance of archival collaboration of the CIS’s countries and suggest further intensification of their partnership.