About the excursion in the institution «Zonal State Archive in Baranovichi»

On July 14, 2023, a sightseeing tour was held at the Zonal State Archives Institution in Baranovichi for a 3rd year student of the Belarusian State University (specialty «Historical and Archival Studies»), who is doing an internship in the archive, and a master student of the Faculty of History of the BrSU named after. A.S. Pushkin.

During the excursion, the director of the state archive Shershen O.I. introduced students to the specifics of the work of the archive, the main areas of activity, the features of storage, acquisition, accounting and use of documents. The tour was accompanied by a demonstration of collections of documents, the most interesting and especially valuable documents, including those that reflect the theme of the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War. Among them are the materials of the regional commission for assistance in the work of the emergency state commission for investigating and establishing the atrocities of the Nazi invaders and their accomplices, which clearly show the scale of the tragic events of that time and their consequences.

The visitors also got acquainted with the contents of the stand exhibition «Baranovichi in Photographs», reflecting the moments of the life of the city in the pre-war, war and post-war periods.