The Local State Archives in Orsha held a lecture “The main heraldic symbols of the Republic of Belarus: Vitebsk Region. The history of their origin”

On 25 April 2022, in the framework of the Archives for School campaign, the employees of the Local State Archives in Orsha visited Secondary School No. 6 in Orsha, where they met with the 1st grade pupils and held a thematic hour on the topic “The Main Heraldic Symbols of the Republic of Belarus: Vitebsk Region. The History of Their Origin”. During the event the pupils saw the coats of arms and flags of 33 settlements of the Vitebsk region – the largest number among all the regions of the country, with 17 coats of arms over a hundred years old.