A virtual exhibition dedicated to the 115th anniversary of the founding of the Vitebsk Scientific Archival Commission is posted on the website of the National Historical Archive of Belarus

The National Historical Archive of Belarus prepared and posted on the archive’s website a virtual exhibition «Vitebsk Scientific Archival Commission: on the 115th anniversary of its foundation».

It contains documents for 1852–1918, which comprehensively cover the creation and activities of the Vitebsk Scientific Archival Commission. The selected materials included journals of meetings of the commission’s council, lists of its members, files on the opening of a branch of the Moscow Archaeological Institute in the city of Vitebsk, on the commission’s holding of events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the War of 1812, on the organization of archaeological research, sketches of the seal and sign of the commission and other documents.

The identification and selection of materials was carried out by Vladimir Denisov, a leading researcher at the Scientific Research Institute of Belarus.

You can view the contents of the exhibition HERE.