Meeting within the framework of the Year of Historical Memory on the basis of the Zonal State Archives in Polotsk.

As part of the events dedicated to the Year of Historical Memory and the 100th anniversary of the archival industry of Belarus, a thematic meeting was held at the Zonal State Archive in Polotsk for the excursion group of the day-care department for the elderly «GOLDEN AGE» of the State Institution «Novopolotsk Territorial center of social service of the population».

The director of the archive, L.V.Lazarenok, who spoke about the system of state archives of Belarus, the history of the State Archive in Polotsk.

During a tour of the archives Department of Publications and Use of Documents M.M.Dichkevich spoke about the main areas of work of the archive, the composition and features of the storage of documents.

The guests visited the archives, where they got acquainted with documents on the formation and development of the archival service in the Polotsk region, documents on the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War, etc., and also learned about the possibilities of using archive documents when studying family history.