Meeting of the International Association (Commission) of Historians and Archivists of CIS Countries

On 23 June 2022, the meeting of the International Association (Commission) of Historians and Archivists of the CIS Countries (hereinafter the Association) was held via videoconference.

For reference. In accordance with the Statute, the Association includes three representatives from each state – National Institute of History, National Archival Service and History Department of the leading higher educational establishment of the national educational system.

The session was attended by V. I. Kurash, Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus (member of the Association – representative of the National Archival Service of Belarus).

The agenda of the meeting included the review of the results of the Association’s activities in 2021 and the discussion of a wide range of issues related to the perspective activities of the Association (preparation of the joint textbook on the Great Patriotic War, organization of international summer schools for young scholars-historians, an international scientific conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, the release of a special periodical, etc.). The participants of the meeting paid considerable attention to the issues of consolidation of efforts of the Association members to counteract attempts to distort and falsify history.