Akty, otnosiashchiesia k istorii Iuzhnoi i Zapadnoi Rossii (Акты, относящиеся к истории Южной и Западной России; Documents on the History of Southern and Western Russia). Collected and published by the Archeographic Commission in 15 volumes in Saint Petersburg, 1863–92. This collection of documentary materials pertains mostly to the history of Ukraine and to some extent Belarus in the 13th–17th century (up to 1678). Mykola Kostomarov edited volumes 1–9 and 11–13 and Gennadii Karpov edited volumes 10, 14, and 15. The documents were selected from the archives of the ministries of foreign affairs and justice (Dela Malorossiiskogo Prikaza) in Moscow as well as from the Lithuanian Register.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]