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Slovak National Archives

national archive of Slovakia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ7541534 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Slovak National Archives (Slovak: Slovenský národný archív) were created in 1928. They are under the authority of the Minister of the Interior. They are located in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Editorial summary

“Slovak National Archives” enters the record as national archive of Slovakia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Slovak, National and Archives can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1952-05-20, 1989-01-01—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Slovak, National and Archives.
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“Slovak National Archives” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Slovak, National and Archives provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7541534. VIAF identifies the subject as 148724402. The Library of Congress control number is n98072492. Authority coordinates are 48.160, 17.082. 5 of 8 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1928.

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This entry incorporates text from “Slovak National Archives” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.