Director of the Belarusian State Archives of Scientific and Technical Documentation A. M. Zapartyko conducted a tour for students of the History Department of the Belarusian State University

On 20 April 2022, Director of the Belarusian State Archives of Scientific and Technical Documentation A. M. Zapartyko conducted a tour for students of the History Department of the Belarusian State University.

The students learned about the history of the Belarusian State Archives of Scientific and Technical Documentation, its facilities, structure, activities, and visited the archival repository.

During the tour in the Department of Information and Use of Documents, the students got acquainted with the design and engineering documentation, as well as documents from the personal collections of the architects. The most interesting for them were the design documents, in particular the design documentation for the B116 bicycle, one of the first in the BSSR, produced by the Minsk Bicycle Plant, as well as unique documentation for the cargo-passenger steamer “I. V. Stalin”.

The documents from collection No. 188 “Collection of photographic documents (1930-1952)” also aroused great interest among students, especially the unique photos illustrating the history of Minsk restoration after the Great Patriotic War.