Participation of BGAMLI in the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Working with funds of personal origin: Belarusian and Russian experience»

On May 24, 2024, Director of the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art (hereinafter referred to as BGAMLI) E.A.Makarenko took part and made a report «The experience of BGAMLI with funds of personal origin» at the international scientific and practical conference «Working with funds of personal origin: Belarusian and Russian experience», which was held online on the basis of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus.

In accordance with the Plan of Joint Actions for the implementation of the agreement on cooperation in the field of archival affairs, the conference was organized by the Department of Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Archives of the Penza Region and the State Archival Service of the Samara Region.

The main problem area of ​​the conference was the regulatory and methodological support for working with funds of personal origin, issues of acquisition, accounting, ensuring the safety and use of this type of documents.

The Minister of Archives of the Penza Region, Zufyar Khamzinovich Bibarsov, and the acting head of the State Archive Service of the Samara Region, Daria Anatolyevna Trezinova, delivered welcoming speeches to the conference participants.

Deputy Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus A.E.Tsvetkov In his opening remarks, expressed words of gratitude for the fruitful cooperation with the archival and record keeping authorities and archival institutions of the Russian Federation, and once again emphasized the importance of preserving funds of personal origin for future generations, including the memory of the events of the Great Patriotic War.

Representatives of BGAMLI, NARB and archival institutions from 22 regions of the Russian Federation took part in the conference.

We express our gratitude to our Russian archivist colleagues for the opportunity to share their work experience and hope for further fruitful cooperation.

E.A.Makarenko, A.E.Tsvetkov and conference participants – NARB workers.

E.A.Makarenko during the conference

E.A.Stukanova, E.A.Makrenko, A.E.Tsvetkov during the conference