English Translation

And we, the scientific staff of the archive, have read with the archival staff the same motives that made the archive dear and expensive to us, and have embellished the awareness that this work is done in the name of a great cultural and national cause. For this reason, neither we nor those who are interested can resist the Institute's further fate indifferently. The collection from the archive collection of a significant part of the book and document stock will, in our deep conviction, represent an irreparable blow to the archive, as not only the most valuable part of it will be lost, but also the remaining part will lose its value. The division of the material into national and non-military came in our time, since the front, hinterland, war, politics and economy are closely linked and the concept of total war predominates only to be a very arbitrary one. 'Most of the collection of the Russian History Archive has such a mixed character, so that the modification of the military material "par excellence" is very difficult. As an example, I want the notebook of the General M.W. In addition to his purely operational plans, Alexeyev also noted thoughts about the decline of the front after the revival and his correspondence with the politicians of the Proviso government. This notebook represents both a military and a political document and is not only a source of study for the history of the world's liege, but also a source for study for history of revolution. These arguments are even more convincing in relation to the documents from the period of the civil war, which are both numerically and qualitatively the main stock of the archive collection.