Presentation of the collection of documents «Grodno region in July-September 1920: government and society. Documents and materials»

On December 26, 2022, in the State Archive of the Grodno Region, with the participation of compilers and reviewers, a presentation of the collection «Grodno Region in July-September 1920: Power and Society. Documents and materials».

A.N.Gorny, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor, who took part in compiling the collection, presented the edition prepared according to the documents of the archive. He outlined the relevance of the topic, spoke about the main stages in the preparation of the collection.

L.V.Salkevich, an employee of the archive, spoke about the criteria for selecting funds, documents and illustrations, which were later included in the collection.

The director of the archive, S.I.Miklashevich, thanked the compilers and reviewers of the collection for their assistance in preparing the popular science edition.

The presented collection publishes documents and materials that reflect the formation and development of volost and district revolutionary committees on the territory of the Grodno region in the summer of 1920, their policy in the field of public education, health care, agriculture, etc. The documents included in the collection were not previously presented in publications of this kind. The collection includes 140 documents and 90 illustrations.