{"id":8869,"date":"2026-07-09T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/?page_id=8869"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:33:11","slug":"riigikogu-archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/riigikogu-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Riigikogu archives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The paper documents of the Riigikogu and the Chancellery of the Riigikogu have been deposited in the National Archives of Estonia (ERA.5119), digital documents are available in the document register.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sittings of the Riigikogu have been recorded since the opening sitting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/introduction-and-history\/history-of-the-riigikogu\/9th-riigikogu\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5326\">9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Riigikogu<\/a>. Recordings of the plenary sittings of the Riigikogu and public sittings of the Riigikogu committees as well as recordings of other events, starting from 2014, are available on the Youtube channel of the Riigikogu. Earlier video recordings of the plenary sittings have been transferred to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ra.ee\/en\/film-photo-audio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Film Archive of the National Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first archival documents of the Archives of the Riigikogu were the verbatim record of the first session of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/introduction-and-history\/history-of-the-riigikogu\/7th-riigikogu\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5335\">7<sup>th&nbsp;<\/sup>Riigikogu<\/a>, a resolution of the Riigikogu, the minutes of the meeting of the Board of the Riigikogu and a resolution of the Board, all dating from 5&nbsp;October 1992.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Archives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/fotoarhiiv.riigikogu.ee\/\">Riigikogu Photo Archive<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/riigikogu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video archive on YouTube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"my-6 max-w-[420px]\">\n                        <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"my-6 max-w-[420px]\">\n                              <div >\n          <div class=\"flex gap-6 justify-between items-start\">\n      <div class=\"flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2\">\n                  <div class=\"h4 mb-4\">\n            Contact\n          <\/div>\n        \n        <div>\n          Archivist\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\">\n            <phone-icon size=\"4\"><\/phone-icon>\n                          <a\n                href=\"tel:+3726316381\"\n                class=\"text-brand-neutral-90 no-underline! hover:underline!\"\n              >+372 631 6381<\/a>\n                      <\/div>\n        \n                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\">\n            <mail-icon size=\"4\"><\/mail-icon>\n            <a\n              href=\"mailto:arhiiv@riigikogu.ee\"\n              class=\"underline text-brand-neutral-90 hover:no-underline!\"\n            >\n              arhiiv@riigikogu.ee\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The paper documents of the Riigikogu and the Chancellery of the Riigikogu have been deposited in the National Archives of Estonia (ERA.5119), digital documents are available in the document register.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":257307,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8869","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Riigikogu archives &#8211; 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