«Archives for School»: a visit to the archive by students of the State Educational Institution «Secondary School No. 4 of Mogilev»

As part of the action «Archives for School» in the institution «State Archive of the Mogilev Region» on March 22, an excursion was held for schoolchildren of the state educational institution «Secondary School No. 4 of Mogilev».

Head of the Department of Scientific Use of Documents and Information O.V. Trotskaya and archivist of the 1st qualification category A.I. Shvyryov introduced the schoolchildren to the history of the archive, the composition of archival funds, and the specifics of the work of the institution’s employees. They also got acquainted with documents about Belarusian villages burned during the years of occupation, including the village of Borki, Kirovsky District, and a recently published collection of documents «Without a statute of limitations. Mogilev Region», an exhibition at the stand «Mogilev Sisters of Khatyn».

The archive staff showed the guests the equipment of the laboratory for digitizing archival documents. Archivist of the 1st qualification category A.I. Shvyrev conducted a tour of the archives and told the students about the organization and conditions for storing documents.