The employees of the Zonal State Archives in Slutsk conducted a lesson-excursion on the topic «There is no document, there is no history»

As part of the Year of Historical Memory and the action «Archives for School» in order to popularize the documents of the institution «Zonal State Archive in Slutsk» (hereinafter referred to as the State Archive), to ensure the inextricable historical connection and continuity of generations of the Belarusian people, employees of the State Archive conducted a lesson-excursion for students Educational Establishment «Slutsk State Medical College» on the topic «There is no document, there is no history».

Also, as part of the event, a tour of the archives was organized for students, where they could get acquainted with rare documents, learn how documents are stored.

Particular attention during the tour was paid to documents reflecting the facts of the genocide of the population of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War. Why you need to know the history of your city, region and how important it is to preserve documents of historical significance.

At the end of the tour, the students were shown the repository and told about the procedure for storing archival documents.

1. Students in the reading room of the archive

2. Students listen to a lecture on how to properly store documents

3. Acquaintance with archive documents

4. In the exhibition hall of the archive

5. In the archive