Excursion to the State Archive of the Vitebsk region for 9th grade students of the State Educational Institution «Secondary School No. 11 of Vitebsk»

On February 7, as part of the «Archives for School» campaign and events dedicated to the Year of Peace and Creation, an excursion was held at the State Archives of the Vitebsk Region for 9th grade students of the State Educational Institution «Secondary School No. 11 of Vitebsk».

The presentation of the exhibition «Heraldic wreath of the Vitebsk region» was presented to the attention of visitors. From Elena Bondareva, head of the IPS department, the students learned many interesting facts related to both the history of the archival institution and the Vitebsk region, which celebrates its 85th anniversary this year.

With great interest, schoolchildren got acquainted with some of the memories of young eyewitnesses of military events. Such memoirs are stored in the collection of documents about the participants of the Great October Socialist Revolution, the Civil War, the Great Patriotic War, veterans of the party and labor.

During the tour, the students got acquainted with the work on the restoration of documents, which was described by the archivist of the 2nd category Svetlana Tylets.