Despite these difficult circumstances, the archive has been attempting to serve researchers on a limited basis. Scholars are advised to inquire in advance regarding research arrangements at any given time. Compiled by D. I. Raskin, B. M. Vitenberg, N. E. Kashchenko, N. M. Korneva, et el. Edited by D. I. Raskin and A. P. Sokolova. Fondy vysshiikh gosudarstvennykh uchrezhdenii.
Annotations indicate the holdings included in various opisi within large fonds.
Separate indexes cover personal names, geographic entities, subjects, state agencies, and a numerical list of fonds. The first volume, covering the highest state agencies includes coverage of the State Council, the State Duma, the Committee and Council of Ministers, the Senate, Synod, various imperial chanceries, high state committees, and the Supreme Criminal Court. Compiled by D. I. Raskin and O. P. Sukhanova. Edited by D. I. Raskin and V. V. Lapin. For institutional fonds, it also lists major previous names of the creating agency.