On participation in the republican action “Archives – School” of the institution “Zonal State Archives in Krichev”

In the reading room of the institution “Zonal State Archive in Krichev” from October 23 to October 27, 2023, a stand exhibition of documents from the personal fund of the Great Patriotic War participant Vladimir Yakimovich Silkin, timed to coincide with the 105th anniversary, opened and operates from the day of his birth. Although it is not large, it is capacious in content. In preparing the exhibition, Vladimir Yakimovich’s personal documents were used, characterizing the multifaceted personality of this remarkable man. There is his personal file, a handwritten memory of the Great Patriotic War, an order book, etc. On October 23, 2023, the exhibition was visited by 4th grade students from the State Educational Institution “Secondary School No. 1 of Krichev.” Leading archivist Victoria Kondratenko told the children about the life of our fellow countryman, participant in the Great Patriotic War V.Ya. Silkin, and the children were also given a sightseeing tour of the archive.