This is the second and last volume of the collection of the most ancient documents pertaining to Slavic history. The first volume of this work was published in 1991.The book was prepared by the Institut of Slavianovedeniia i Balkanistiki RAN.
This publication is the first effort to date at compiling a guide to archival and documentary sources relating to Jewish history in Eastern Europe. It contains information about 938 collections (fonds) in 92 state and governmental archives dispersed in 61 cities of the former USSR.