The State Archives of Gomel Region takes part in the events dedicated to the Day of People’s Unity
The State Archives of Gomel Region took part in the events dedicated to the Day of People’s Unity on September 15, 16, 2021. The exhibition “Unity of the Belarusian people in the struggle against the Nazi invaders” prepared by the Archives was exhibited at the dialogue platforms organized by the Gomel City Executive Committee to mark the Day of People’s Unity. On September 15, the exhibition visited the Gomel State College of Arts named after N. F. Sokolovsky and the Belarusian State University of Transport; on September 16, the JSC Gomeldrev and JSC Gomeloblavtotrans. Director of the State Archives of Gomel Region Andrei Sushchevich in his interview to a city TV channel told about the landmark historical events that led to the creation of an independent strong Belarusian state. The story was broadcasted on the BT 4 TV channel.
The State Archives of Gomel Region also held a solemn meeting dedicated to the Day of People’s Unity. Deputy Director of the Gomel Regional Museum of Military Glory Konstantin Mishchenko delivered a lecture there.
On 17 September, the Archives planned activities in the Secondary School No. 2 in Gomel. A lecture and an exhibition of photographic documents dedicated to Day of People’s Unity have been prepared for students and teachers. In addition, from September 16, 2021, the exhibition “On the Way to Unity” is open to visitors in the Column Hall of the Rumyantsev and Paskevich Palace, co-organized by the State Archives of Gomel Region. The exhibition features materials from the museum collection of the Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble – photographs of Party and Soviet officials, leaders and workers of the provincial executive committee, delegates to congresses, plenums and various conferences in the 1920s, original documents and maps from the State Archives of Gomel Region illustrating the territorial and administrative changes that took place in the region in this period. The separate block includes the views of Gomel from the 1920s and the 1930s. The exhibition, prepared and timed to the Day of People’s Unity, illustrates the complex process of building the national Belarusian state, in which the territory of the Gomel region participated as the most important integral part.
On 17 September our country celebrates a new date in a series of memorable events in the history of our country – National Unity Day. And it is important to remember that this unity was preceded by a long and complicated process of nation-state building, which formed the unshakable foundations of the Belarusian statehood and national sovereignty resting on the understanding that we are all one people, we all have a common Motherland – the wonderful land of Belarus – and her future depends on us!
