Russian State Film and Photo Archive

Russian State Archive of Film and Photo
Agency overview
Formed 1926
Jurisdiction Government of Russia
Website www.rgakfd.ru

Russian State Film and Photo Archive (Russian: Российский государственный архив кинофотодокументов), also known as Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive, or Krasnogorsk Archive, or simply RGAKFD (Russian: РГАКФД), is an archive of documentary newsreels and photographs located at Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The archive contains more than 1 million photos and has a virtually complete collection of newsreels from 1919 to 1985 that documents the political, military and other diverse episodes of the USSR.

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Coordinates: 55°49′14″N 37°20′29″E / 55.8205°N 37.3415°E / 55.8205; 37.3415


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