{"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":"2026-10-21T13:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T10:19:17","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>\u00a0Riigikogu<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/riigikogu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youtube channel of the Riigikogu<\/a>. 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 v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Riigikogu archives &#8211; 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