The State Archive of the Vitebsk Region took part in the 3rd International «Kolpakov Readings» conference (Samara, Russian Federation)

The «Kolpakov Readings» project was established in 2024 on the initiative of faculty members from the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences and Humanities at Samara State Technical University, as a tribute to the memory of Alexander Nikolayevich Kolpakov (1924–2015). A Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, and Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Alexander Nikolayevich authored 120 scholarly works and was a specialist in the history of education, science, and technology. He was also a veteran of the Great Patriotic War; conscripted into the Red Army in 1943, he fought his way from Kursk to Berlin. He was awarded the medals «For Combat Merit», «For the Liberation of Warsaw», «For the Capture of Berlin», and «For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945», as well as the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class. A.N.Kolpakov worked at Samara State Technical University for over 50 years, advancing from an assistant to the head of his department.

The «Kolpakov Readings» have become part of a unique international patriotic project known as the «Parade of Memory». Organized annually since 2011 by the Samara branch of the Russian Military Historical Society, this project commemorates the military parade held on November 7, 1941, in Kuybyshev—the wartime «reserve capital» of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War.

Tatsiana Buyevich, Deputy Director of the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region, delivered a presentation at the plenary session titled «Perpetuating the Memory of Liberator Soldiers within the Landscape and Architectural Space of Vitebsk».

1. Presentation by Deputy Director Tatsiana Buyevich titled «Perpetuating the Memory of Liberator Soldiers within the Landscape and Architectural Space of Vitebsk», delivered at the 3rd International «Kolpakov Readings» Conference (Samara, Russian Federation).

2. Tatsiana Buyevich, Deputy Director of the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region, speaking at the plenary session with a presentation titled «Perpetuating the Memory of Liberator Soldiers within the Landscape and Architectural Space of Vitebsk».