In the framework of the “Archives for School” campaign, employees of the Local State Archives in Zhlobin visited Gymnasium No. 1 in Zhlobin

In the framework of the “Archives for School” campaign on February 11, 2022, employees of the Local State Archives in Zhlobin visited the state educational institution “Gymnasium No. 1 in Zhlobin”. The information hour was held by archivists of the first qualification category Irina Yeliseeva and Tatyana Zhuravleva.

The listeners were students of the 9th B class. The class teacher Natalia Smartelova is the winner of the final stage of the national contest “Teacher of the Year 2020”, a member of the district delegation of the Republican Pedagogical Council with the participation of the President of Belarus, a lecturer of the Gomel Regional Institute of Education Development, a teacher who prepared winners of Olympiads, research and creative contests, a teacher of the Belarusian language and literature of the highest qualification category at Gymnasium № 1.

The students were told about the main activities of the archives, about the stored documents, including the collection of documents of personal origin. They got acquainted with the documents that testify to the damage caused by the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War, postwar restoration and development of industrial enterprises and agriculture of the town of Zhlobin and Zhlobin district.

In addition, the archivists informed the school administration and students about the “Young Archivist” contest of research papers on historical events in the Gomel region. The students were interested in the contest and the information they received and actively asked questions. The children asked for an excursion to the archives.