Conducting a lesson for students as part of the «Archives – School» campaign

On May 19, 2023, as part of the «Archives – School» campaign, the «State Archives of the Grodno Region» institution held a lesson on the topic «Archives in the Grodno Region» for students of the 10th «A» class of the Secondary School No. 38 of Grodno.

The children got acquainted with the history of the State Archive of the Grodno region, learned about the main directions of the institution’s activities and the specifics of the work of archivists. The most valuable and unique documentary materials stored in the archive were presented to the attention of schoolchildren.

The employees of the archive demonstrated to the students the exhibition «There was a people’s war» on display in the reading room. Guerrillas and underground soldiers of the Grodno Region», «We approached this day as much as we could…», «People’s destinies. In memory of the victims of fascism», as well as collections of documents and materials prepared with the participation of the State Archive of the Grodno region.

The children visited the archive, received information about the storage conditions, composition and content of the documents stored in the State Archives of the Grodno Region.