A presentation of the publication «Thematic Living Rooms ‘Archive Important,’ Dedicated to the Year of Peace and Creation and the 85th Anniversary of the Formation of the Vitebsk Region: Materials from Regional Archival Readings (Vitebsk Region, 2023)» was held

The publication presents the texts of speeches given during thematic living rooms «Archive Important: The History of the Vitebsk Region in Faces», organized in 2023 in the cities of Vitebsk, Glubokoye, Orsha, and Polotsk at the initiative of the Vitebsk Regional Organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Employees of State and Other Institutions and the Main Justice Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.

Representatives from state archives, libraries, and museums spoke about prominent figures from the Dvina region: Heroes of the Soviet Union Pyotr Masherov and Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko, actor Fyodor Shmakov, poet David Simanovich, Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk Maria Chumanikhina, and others.

The event was held at the Vitebsk Regional Institute for Education Development. The publication was presented by Elena Vasilyevna Nefedova, Chairperson of the Vitebsk Regional Trade Union Association.

Pictured: Elena Vasilyevna Nefedova, Chairperson of the Vitebsk Regional Trade Union Association, presents the publication.