The State Archives of Minsk Region took part in the dialogue platform «Genocide of the Belarusian People during the Great Patriotic War. Tragedy and Memory»

On 26 August 2022, a dialogue platform «Genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War» was held at the Minsk branch of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.

The experts at the event were Igor Moroz – Director of the Scientific-Practical Centre of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Belarus, Yulia Romashko – Director of the State Archives of Minsk Region, Andrei Mekhedko – Chairman of the «Youth Promotion» Republican Public Organization, Valentina Dovgaleva – Chairman of the Partizan district of Minsk organization «Belaya Rus».

During the dialogue platform Valentina Dovgaleva noted: «Social memory of generations and preservation of traditional values of the Belarusian people will allow to confront internal and external threats in the context of geopolitics and formation of a firm ideology of the state». The key focus of the talk was made on preserving the memory of the terrible events of the Great Patriotic War and the heroism of our ancestors. Yulia Romashko, director of the State Archives, presented documentary materials confirming the facts of the genocide of the Belarusian people, emphasizing that in 2022 the Belarusian Archival Service will be 100 years old.