Visit of the research group of the scientific project «Atlas of military history of Kazakhstan» from the National Defense University of Kazakhstan to the National Archives

On April 10, 2023, the research group of the scientific project «Atlas of the Military History of Kazakhstan» from the National Defense University of Kazakhstan paid a working visit to the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus. As part of the working group – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Mukhamedzhanova Sairan Shaimerdenovna (project manager); Candidate of Historical Sciences, Colonel Makipov Askar Sovetkanovich; Colonel Umbetov Azamat Zharylkasynovich.

From the National Archives, the meeting was attended by the director of the archive Andrey Demyanuk; deputies – Stukanova Elena Alexandrovna and Kushnova Elena Vladimirovna; Margarita Anatolyevna Starostenko, Head of the Department for the Use of Documents and Information, and Sergey Antonovich Sivets, Head of the Sector for Work with Documents of the Great Patriotic War Period.

During the meeting, Deputy Director of the Archives Stukanova E.A. made a presentation on the activities of the National Archives. Of particular interest were documents from the period of the Great Patriotic War, namely, the participation of Kazakhstanis in the partisan movement on the territory of the BSSR. Sivets S.A. spoke about the composition of partisan documents stored in the archive, and Starostenko M.A. noted the long-term cooperation with the archivists of Kazakhstan. The guests were shown a database of members of the partisan and underground movement, as well as a series of books recently prepared by the staff of the National Archives.

The participants of the meeting visited the archives, where the documents of the period of the Great Patriotic War are kept.