Visit of an Uzbek Delegation to the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus
On September 8, a delegation of representatives of the archival service of the Republic of Uzbekistan visited the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus (NARB). The delegation included U.M.Yusupov, Director of the Uzbek Archives Agency under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan; D.S.Dadayeva, Chief Specialist for International Relations at the Uzbek Archives Agency; and I.T.Tokhtayeva, Head of the Tashkent Territorial Archives Department. Representing the Belarusian side were O.L.Voinov, Director of the Department of Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus; E.A.Stukanova, Director of the NARB; and S.V.Kulinok, Deputy Director.
Heads of the archive’s structural divisions also participated in the meeting.
The Uzbek delegation was presented with a documentary exhibition, «Leaders. Workers. Fates», dedicated to the Year of the Belarusian Woman and featuring famous Belarusian women who have left a significant mark on the history of our country.
During the official meeting, NARB Director E.A.Stukanova spoke about the archive’s history and its main areas of work. During the discussion, archivists from Belarus and Uzbekistan discussed a number of issues related to document use and the digitalization process.
NARB Deputy Director, PhD in History S.V.Kulinok, spoke about the progress of the joint publishing project «Belarus and Uzbekistan: Common Pages of Modern History». A number of important issues related to the structure and format of the future book were discussed.
NARB guests were also shown authentic archival materials on common themes in the modern history of Belarus and Uzbekistan (the 1941 evacuation, recovery from the 1966 Tashkent earthquake, etc.).
Finally, an exchange of publishing projects between NARB and archivists from Uzbekistan took place.
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| 1. Presentation of the documentary exhibition «Leaders. Workers. Fates» by the delegation from Uzbekistan. |
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| 2. Meeting of the delegation from the Republic of Uzbekistan at NARB |
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| 3. Speech by E.A.Stukanova |
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| 4. Delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan at NARB |
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| 5. S.V.Kulinok and E.A.Stukanova |
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| 6. Presentation of NARB publishing projects to the head of the delegation, U.M.Yusupov |
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| 7. Deputy Director of NARB S.V.Kulinok presents archival documents on common themes in the history of Belarus and Uzbekistan |