Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management Viktor Kurash visited Gomel on November 25-26, 2021

Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, Viktor Kurash paid a working visit to Gomel on 25-26 November 2021.

During the meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Region Executive Committee A. A. Baranovsky and the acting head of the main justice department of the Gomel Region Executive Committee A. A. Gurzhy, a discussion was held on the repair of the building at 23 Kosareva Street for the needs of the State Archives of Gomel Region.

During his visit, Viktor Kurash visited the State Archives of Gomel Region, the State Archives of Public Associations of Gomel Region, and the Central Technical Laboratory for Security Microfilming. The Director of the Department discussed with managers and employees the issues of acquisition, preservation and popularization of documents, development of IT technologies in the archival sphere, got acquainted with the material and technical base of state archival institutions.

On 26 November 2021, the Central City Library named after A. I. Gertsen hosted a presentation of the collection of documents from the series “Without Statute of Limitations” about the crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices against the civilian population of the Gomel region during the Great Patriotic War.

In his welcoming speech to the participants of the presentation , Viktor Kurash noted the exceptional importance of the serial project “Without Statute of Limitations” for the Belarusian historiography and pointed out the great practical importance of these collections not only for the scientific community and all those interested in history, but also for the criminal case on the genocide of the population of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War, which is currently being investigated by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic.

The welcoming speeches were also made by Deputy Chairman of the Gomel City Executive Committee E. I. Aleksina, Prosecutor of the Gomel Region V. N. Morozov, Archbishop Stephan of Gomel and Zhlobin, First Deputy Head of the Main Department of Justice of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee A. A. Gurzhy.

The collection of documents “Without Statute of Limitations” was presented by members of the editorial board and compilers of the publication – A. K. Demyaniuk, Director of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus, S. V. Kulinok, head of the publications department at the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus, A. R. Dyukov, Director of the Historical Memory Foundation.

The event was attended by students and teachers of the History Faculty of the Gomel State University named after Frantsysk Skaryna, students of the Cadet School, military personnel, representatives of archival and museum institutions, and the public.

Read more about the event at the links [1] and [2].